Computing Scale
date: label: date made
content: 1912-1921
label: date made
content: 1912-2921
name: label: maker
content: Detroit Automatic Scale Company
notes: label: Description
content: Large counter balance with an olive green metal case with gold trim, and circular platform. The inscriptions on the back read “DETROIT AUTOMATIC SCALE CO. / DETROIT, MICH” and “Detroit.” A brass tag reads “PATENTED / APRIL 24TH 1900 MAY 19TH 1903 / SEP. 27TH 1904 / MODEL NO. 120 CAP 24 LBS / SCALE NO. 1201470.” Another reads "BALANCE / SCALE / REMOVE / THIS PLATE / NO. 120147,0."
label: Description
content: The Detroit Automatic Scale Co. was in business, as such, from 1912 to 1921. The patents referenced here had been assigned to the Computing Scale Co. of Dayton, Ohio.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of City of New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0514.21
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0514.21
label: accession number
content: 1983.0514
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 87.5 cm x 47 cm x 61 cm; 34 7/16 in x 18 1/2 in x 24 in