Balance
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1849
label: date made
content: 1833-1849
name: label: maker
content: Green
label: maker
content: Green, James
notes: label: Description
content: Balance with a stone base, brass pillar, and brass beam. The inscription on the beam reads “Jas. Green – Baltimore.” That on the scale reads "Jas. Green, New York." The chains and pans are missing. James Green, an immigrant from England, was selling instruments in Baltimore by 1833, and moved to New York in 1849.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Michigan Department of Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.319720
label: catalog number
content: 319720
label: accession number
content: 239025
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 6 in x 6 in; 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in; 72.39 cm