Analytical Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1865-1884
name: label: maker
content: Becker and Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Analytical balance with 12-inch beam, agate bearings, 3-inch diameter pans, and ivory scale inscribed “BECKER & SONS / NEW YORK.” The case is mahogany with glass sides, a drawer in the bottom, and an “EIMER AMEND / NEW YORK CITY” tag at the top. Becker & Sons were in business in New York in the late 1850s, and again from 1865 to 1884.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.314946
label: catalog number
content: 314946
label: accession number
content: 212906
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Analytical Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 22 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 57.15 cm x 24.13 cm x 46.99 cm
label: Measurements
content: beam: 12 in; 30.48 cm