Balance
date: label: date made
content: mid-nineteenth century
label: associated dates
content: 1927 03 09+ / 1927 03 09+
notes: label: Description
content: This balance, which fits into and stands on a rectangular wooden box, has a brass post, an 8-inch steel beam with index, 2.75-inch brass pans, eight square weights, and a curious curved brass beam. A paper tag in the box reads “Dr. A. F. Erich / given by his daughter 3-9-29.” Augustus Frederick Erich (1837-1886) was an immigrant from Prussia who came to Maryland in 1856, and became a prominent physician in Baltimore.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.049
label: catalog number
content: 302606.049
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, mahogany (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: pan: 2 in; 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - case: 2 in x 10 7/8 in x 6 in; 5.08 cm x 27.6225 cm x 15.24 cm