Balance
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
notes: label: Description
content: Brass balance that fits into and stands on a wooden case. This belonged to William de Chastignier Ravenel (d. 1933), a fisheries expert who served for many years as the administrative assistant in charge of the United States National Museum, at the Smithsonian Institution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of W. deC. Ravenel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-00548
label: catalog number
content: M-00548
label: accession number
content: 65893
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 11 in x 4 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 27.94 cm x 12.065 cm