Computing Scale
date: label: date made
content: 1920s
label: date made
content: early twentieth century
name: label: maker
content: Stimpson Computing Scale Company
notes: label: Description
content: This large counter balance has a gold finish, fan-shaped scale at top, and cylindrical price roller that reads to 100 lbs. The word “STIMPSON” appears in raised letters below the roller, and in large painted letters near the bottom. The commodity plate is oval, white and porcelain.
label: Description
content: Walter Franklin Stimpson (1870-1942) obtained a U.S. patent (#543,323) for a computing scale on July 23, 1895. This example was probably made by the Stimpson Computing Scale Co., in Louisville, Ky., in the 1920s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Louisville
label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of City of New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0514.14
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0514.14
label: accession number
content: 1983.0514
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 80.6 cm x 49.5 cm x 51.5 cm; 31 3/4 in x 19 1/2 in x 20 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 3/4 in x 19 1/2 in x 20 1/2 in; 80.645 cm x 49.53 cm x 52.07 cm