Balance
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 6.5-inch iron beam with index, 2.6-inch brass pans, and rectangular wooden case. This belonged to John Dixon, a doctor in Maryland.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.224.02
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.224.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Other Terms
content: Balance; Manufacturing and Dispensing Equipment; Pocket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: bar measurement: 4.4 cm x 16.5 cm x 1.6 cm; 1 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 5/8 in