Balance
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 6-inch iron beam, index, and 2.4-inch brass pans.
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-12399 [dup1]
label: catalog number
content: M-12399
label: accession number
content: 285854
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance, Hand
label: Object Name
content: Hand Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pans material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 8 in x 2 1/4 in; 20.955 cm x 20.32 cm x 5.715 cm