Balance
date: label: Date made
content: 1800-1900
label: Date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: around 1860
name: label: maker-designated repairperson
content: Celefel, A. W.
label: maker
content: Woelfel, August
notes: label: Description
content: Curious iron balance in a fitted wooden case. A paper tag reads “Spécialité de Bascules Romaines / BASCULES DE STRASBOURG / . . . A WOELFEL / PARIS.” “Bascules Romaines” is French for steelyards. August Woelfel had a factory in Strasbourg and a shop in Paris in 1862.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Union College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.327550
label: catalog number
content: 327550
label: accession number
content: 266154
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scale
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.2 cm x 15.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 6 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in x 12 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 19 cm x 18.5 cm x 34.2 cm; 7 1/2 in x 7 5/16 in x 13 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 7 1/8 in x 14 in; 20.32 cm x 18.0975 cm x 35.56 cm