Beam for Balance
date: label: Date made
content: 1756
notes: label: Description
content: Iron beam, about 46 inches long, for a hanging balance probably made in Amsterdam in 1756.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: place made
content: Netherlands: North Holland, Amsterdam
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.319731.01
label: accession number
content: 238763
label: catalog number
content: 319731.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Beam
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: beam: 46 in x 8 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 116.84 cm x 21.59 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 46 in x 5 in; 23.495 cm x 116.84 cm x 12.7 cm