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name: label: maker
content: Troemner
notes: label: Description
content: This instrument was designed for the Morton Dry Kiln Company, produced by Henry Troemner, and used to determine the moisture content of wood and other building materials. The base of this example is marked “TROEMROID SCALOMETER / Morton Dry Kiln Co., Chicago”; the indicator is marked “Henry Troemner / Philadelphia”; and the drums are marked “Troemroid Scalometer Table, Copyright 1914 Morton Dry Kiln Co., Chicago.”
label: Description
content: Ref: “The Troemroid Scalometer,” <i>Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan</i> (Oct. 1, 1914): 218.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pratt-Read Corp.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0105.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0105.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, ferrous (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 15.3 cm; 12 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 in