Weights
name: label: maker
content: Sauter, August
label: maker
content: Sauter, August
label: maker
content: Central Scientific Company
label: maker
content: Central Scientific Company
notes: label: Description
content: Set of weights in a wooden box. The heaviest is 50 grams. A label in front reads “MADE BY / August Sauter / Ebingen, Germany / for / Central Scientific Company / Chicago.” While Sauter began making weights and balances in 1856, these weights were made after the establishment of the Central Scientific Co. in 1900.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edward H. Turner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315233
label: catalog number
content: 315233
label: accession number
content: 218476
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Weights
label: Object Type
content: Weights
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: brass weight:;
label: Measurements
content: brass weight:;
label: Measurements
content: box: 35 mm x 161 mm x 90 mm; 1 3/8 in x 6 5/16 in x 3 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: brass weight:;
label: Measurements
content: brass weight:;
label: Measurements
content: brass weight:;
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 1 3/8 in x 6 3/16 in x 3 3/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 15.71625 cm x 8.5725 cm