Balance
date: label: date made
content: nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 5-inch iron beam with index, and 1.5-inch brass pans. According to the donors, it belonged to Samuel Fahnestock (1764-1836), a physician in Lancaster, Pa., and/or his son William Baker Fahnestock (1804-1886), a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania who also practiced medicine in Lancaster.
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 Captain Henry Fahnestock MacComsey and Dr. G. Horace Coshow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12340
label: catalog number
content: M-12340
label: accession number
content: 280145
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hand Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pans(2) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 7 7/16 in; 19.685 cm x 15.875 cm x 18.89125 cm