Weights (8)
notes: label: Description
content: The British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 introduced a replacement for the Winchester standards that had been in place since 1588. The new weights were known as Imperial or British Imperial. The eight porcelain Imperial weights in this set range from 1oz. to 7lb.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.322050
label: catalog number
content: 322050
label: accession number
content: 245991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Weight Set
label: Object Type
content: Weights
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: weight 8:;
label: Measurements
content: weight 1:;
label: Measurements
content: overall: largest weight: 5 in x 5 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 13.0175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: smallest weight: 1 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 2.8575 cm