Steelyard
date: label: date made
content: mid-twentieth century
name: label: maker
content: E. and T. Fairbanks and Company
notes: label: Description
content: The hanger and hooks of this steelyard are steel, with a brass finish. The beam is brass, graduated from 0 to 10 lbs., front and back, and marked “FAIRBANKS.” A paper tag on the pine case holding the steelyard is marked “U. S. GOVT. PROPERTY FOOD & DRUG ADM. U.S. DEPT. AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON, D.C.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Saint Johnsbury
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.330611
label: catalog number
content: 330611
label: accession number
content: 295380
objectType: label: Object Name
content: steelyard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: weight 1: 6.4 cm; x 2 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: weight 2: 3/8 in; .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: weight hanger: 21 cm; 8 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: level: 2 in; 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: each hanger hook: 29 cm x 5 cm x 81 cm; 11 7/16 in x 1 15/16 in x 31 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 28 cm x 89 cm; 4 in x 11 in x 35 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 4 in x 34 3/4 in x 11 1/4 in; 10.16 cm x 88.265 cm x 28.575 cm