Balance
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1845
label: Date made
content: ca. 1845
notes: label: Description
content: Robust iron hand balance with 8-inch beam, index, two brass cups, and seven brass weights (one is missing). The leather-covered case is marked “Fruchtenwag.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Austria
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.319505
label: catalog number
content: 319505
label: accession number
content: 239015
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance and weights, grain
label: Object Type
content: Weights
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: pan 1: 1 1/2 in x 3 in; 3.81 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: case: 3 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 9 in; 9.8425 cm x 11.43 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: pan 2: 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: arm: 8 1/2 in; 21.59 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 3 7/8 in x 9 in x 4 1/2 in; 9.8425 cm x 22.86 cm x 11.43 cm