Analytical Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1915-1960
name: label: maker
content: Christian Becker, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Analytical balance in a mahogany case with glass sides, and “Christian Becker, Inc. New York” inscription. Christian Becker (1803-1890) was born in Germany and trained as an instrument and balance maker. He came to the United States in the mid-1850s and established a factory in New Rochelle in 1875. The Christian Becker inscription was introduced after the death of Ernst Becker in 1892; the firm became Christian Becker, Inc., in 1915.
label: Description
content: The inscription on the reading microscope reads "Spencer Lens Co., Buffalo - N.Y. - 309443 10x 16 mm N. A. 0.25"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: National Bureau of Standards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.326623
label: catalog number
content: 326623
label: accession number
content: 261654
objectType: label: Object Name
content: analytical balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 51.5 cm x 42 cm x 32.4 cm; 20 1/4 in x 16 9/16 in x 12 3/4 in