Balance
date: label: date made
content: 19th Century
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 4-inch iron beam and index, 1.6-inch brass pans, square brass weights, and oval metal box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: American Pharmaceutical Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13064
label: catalog number
content: M-13064
label: accession number
content: 321641
label: catalog number
content: 321641.035
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hand scale
label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pans(2) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 5 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 12.7 cm x 5.715 cm