Trip Scale
date: label: date made
content: late nineteenth century
label: date made
content: mid-nineteenth century
name: label: maker
content: Henry Troemner
notes: label: Description
content: Trip scale marked “HENRY TROEMNER PHILADELPHIA” and “2”. The base is cast iron, painted yellow with red trim. A bulbous iron weight hangs from the graduated beam.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.337123
label: catalog number
content: 337123
label: accession number
content: 1979.0363
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Scales
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: plate 1: 20 cm; x 7 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 cm x 51 cm x 26 cm; 11 7/16 in x 20 1/16 in x 10 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: plate 2: 29 cm; x 11 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 20 in x 10 in; 28.575 cm x 50.8 cm x 25.4 cm