Steelyard
date: label: date made
content: Before 1908
notes: label: Description
content: Iron steelyard with an 18.5-inch beam, one globular weight, one suspension hook, and two hooks below. The beam is graduated from 2 to 12 pounds on one side, and from 15 to 60 pounds on the other. Frederick Barnett Kilmer, the donor, was a pharmacist and, for many years, director of Scientific Laboratories for the Johnson & Johnson Co. in New Jersey.
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 Frederick Barnett Kilmer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.250380
label: catalog number
content: 250380
label: accession number
content: 48604
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Steelyard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 1 in; 46.99 cm x 21.59 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; steelyard: 19 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in x 1 in; 50.165 cm x 12.3825 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; weight: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm