Balance
date: label: date made
content: around 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Hanging balance, probably from Acapulco. The pans are gourds, about 9-inches diameter. The “Mexico Palmer” inscription on the 17-inch wooden beam refers to Edward Palmer (1831-1911), a botanist who made several trips to Mexico and the Western United States and deposited collections with the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.175576
label: catalog number
content: 175576
label: accession number
content: 1979.0768
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: beam: 43.8 mm x 14.3 mm; 1 3/4 in x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: cross section pans: 64 mm x 24.8 mm; x 2 1/2 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall collapsed: 3 in x 20 in x 10 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 50.8 cm x 26.035 cm