Steelyard
name: label: maker
content: Bemis & Call Hardware & Tool Company
notes: label: Description
content: Iron steelyard with a pear shaped weight and a “BEMIS & CALL, CO / . . . MASSACHUSETTS” inscription. The Bemis & Call Hardware & Tool Co. was established, as such, in Springfield, Mass., in 1855. The partners were Stephen Chapin Bemis (1802-1875) and Amos Call (1814-1888). The beam is also marked “29”.
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 Milton E. Kettler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.334270
label: catalog number
content: 334270
label: accession number
content: 305956
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Steelyard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 34.2 cm x 4.5 cm x 48.2 cm; 13 7/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 19 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 4 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 48.26 cm x 12.3825 cm x 2.8575 cm