Balance
date: label: date made
content: around 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Both ends of the beam of this large brass balance are marked, front and back, “W. & T. AVERY LTD. / BIRMINGHAM.” The middle of the beam is marked “TO WEIGH 10 LBS.” The stanchion is marked “CLASS B.” There is a 7-inch brass dish, and a 10.5-inch ceramic plate.
label: Description
content: The firm of W. & T. Avery began in business, as such, in 1818; and became a Ltd. firm in 1891.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0197.07
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0197.07
label: accession number
content: 1997.0197
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance, Equal Arm
label: Other Terms
content: Balance, Equal Arm; Manufacturing And Dispensing Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)