Balance
date: label: date made
content: late nineteenth century
label: associated dates
content: 1860 01 01+ / 1860 01 01+, 1860 12 31- / 1860 12 31-
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a heavy 6-inch iron beam with index, and 2.5-inch brass pans. A hand-written paper in the lid of the wooden case correlates grains and scruples. It belonged to Henry J. Berkley (1861-1940), a psychiatrist in Baltimore.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.222.02
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.222.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Other Terms
content: Balance; Manufacturing and Dispensing Equipment; Pocket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: bar measurement: 4 cm x 15.5 cm x 1.7 cm; 1 9/16 in x 6 1/8 in x 11/16 in