Balance
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance in a rectangular wooden box. The beam is brass; the pans are ceramic with the word “Gift” (German for poison) inscribed on each.
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: Gift of J.H.B. van Wensoer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09673
label: catalog number
content: M-09673
label: accession number
content: 235397
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hand Balance
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, porcelain (pans(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 13.0175 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11/16 in x 5 in x 3 1/4 in; 1.778 cm x 12.7 cm x 8.255 cm