balance
name: label: maker
content: Henry Troemner
notes: label: Description
content: This is an analytical balance in a walnut case with glass panels and two drawers in the base. The beam is 66 inches long overall; and measures 60 inches between knife edges. The inscription reads: “Henry Troemner Maker Philadelphia.” This was probably made in 1905, when the federal Assay Office in Denver became the Denver branch of the U.S. Mint. Many parts are missing.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Balance Equipment of the Denver Mint,” <i>Mining and Scientific Press</i> 90 (1905): 42.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Denver Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.330617.01
label: catalog number
content: 330617
label: accession number
content: 302218
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: each brace: 147 cm x 3.8 cm; 57 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: base ends: 10.2 cm x 58.5 cm; 4 in x 23 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: column: 137 cm; 53 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: beam: 168 cm; 66 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: largest part: 8 1/2 in x 69 3/4 in x 12 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 177.165 cm x 31.115 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: smallest part: 5/16 in x 8 1/8 in x 1/2 in; .8255 cm x 20.6375 cm x 1.27 cm