Steelyard
date: label: date made
content: unknown
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Steelyards (or unequal arm balances) have been used for thousands of years in communities around the world. This small example, found in rural America, might have been used for domestic rather than industrial, commercial, or agricultural purposes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: James G. Mead
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0099.01
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0099.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0099
objectType: label: Object Name
content: steelyard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 18 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 29.845 cm x 46.355 cm x 5.715 cm