Balance
date: label: date made
content: mid-nineteenth century
name: label: dealer
content: Carpenter, George W.
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 5.5-inch steel beam, and 2.4-inch brass pans. The case is wood, covered with leather, marked on top: “FINEST Paris Scales and Weights / manufactured expressly for / G. W. Carpenter Phila: U. States.” George W. Carpenter (1802-1860) was the proprietor of an important chemical warehouse in Philadelphia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: sold
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: place made
content: France
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06831
label: accession number
content: 207398
label: catalog number
content: M-06831
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 17.145 cm x 8.255 cm