Balance
date: label: date made
content: mid-nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Brass balance with 7-inch beam, lifting mechanism, and scale at top, that stands on and fits into a wooden box. It was used by Abner Cloud Pierce, a relative of the donor.
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: Francis D. Shoemaker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.310414
label: catalog number
content: 310414
label: accession number
content: 118773
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance, Portable Box
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (colomn material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (hangers, pan(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (pans(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 9 in x 4 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 22.86 cm x 12.065 cm