Balance
date: label: date made
content: nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Small balance with a 5.5-inch iron beam, index, 2.5-inch brass pans, and rectangular wooden case. A paper tag indicates that it came from Maxwell and Tennyson, pharmacists in Washington, D.C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the American Pharmaceutical Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13052
label: catalog number
content: M-13052
label: accession number
content: 321641
label: catalog number
content: 321641.023
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hand scale
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pans(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 17.4625 cm x 7.3025 cm