Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Sauter, August
notes: label: Description
content: “Ultra-Matic” precision micro balance in a green metal frame, with an inscription that reads “August Sauter / N.Y. Inc. N.Y.C. USA. 2820 / Made in Germany.”
label: Description
content: August Sauter began making weights and balances in Ebingen (Wurtemberg) in 1856. Louis Armbruster became head of the firm in 1874. The firm showed its wares at several international exhibitions, and took home several awards.
label: Description
content: Ref: Special Catalogue of German Mechanicians and Opticians (Berlin, 1900), pp. 29-31.
label: Description
content: Ad for August Sauter Ultra-Matic Precision Balance in Analytical Chemistry 27 (1955): 68A.
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Worcester Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0562.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0562
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0562.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microbalance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.3 cm x 19.7 cm x 35.7 cm; 10 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in x 14 1/16 in