Torsion Balance
date: label: date made
content: ca 1901
label: date made
content: early twentieth century
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
notes: label: Description
content: The metal tag on the front of the white metal case reads: “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / STYLE 274 NEW YORK NO. 39746 / PAT. JAN. 6-85. JAN. 22-80. MAY 19-91.” A paper tag reads “CITY OF DETROIT.” The Torsion Balance Co. began trading as such in 1908, and referred to this style as a “Handy Druggists’ Scale.”
label: Description
content: Ref: The Springer Torsion Balance Co., <i>Price List of Fine Scales and Weights</i> (New York, 1900), p. 6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12882
label: catalog number
content: M-12882
label: accession number
content: 288176
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 10 in x 5 in; 12.7 cm x 25.4 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: two scales: 1/2 in x 3 13/16 in x 4 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 9.68375 cm x 12.3825 cm