Weights
date: label: date made
content: nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Seven hexagonal, cast iron, metric weights ranging from 5 Hectogram to 1 Kilogram. Joseph Palmer (1836-1913), the donor, was a taxiderminst and model maker at the Smithsonian.
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: Gift of Joseph Palmer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.255364.02
label: catalog number
content: 255364.02
label: accession number
content: 50251
objectType: label: Object Name
content: weights
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: median weight: 1 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 4.7625 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: lightest weight: 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 2.8575 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; largest: 1 3/4 in x 2 15/16 in x 3 3/8 in; 4.445 cm x 7.46125 cm x 8.5725 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; smallest: 5/8 in x 1 in x 1 3/16 in; 1.5875 cm x 2.54 cm x 3.01625 cm