"Chatillon's Improved Circular Spring Balance"
date: label: date made
content: 1840 - 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Spring balance, weighs up to 60 pounds. Vertical, rectangular sheet iron case has hanging ring at top and looped hook at bottom. Brass faceplate is stamped at center with a dial graduated to 20 pounds, every two pounds numbered and ounces marked; product name and information appear above and below. Slide at bottom end is marked for every revolution or 20 pounds up to three revolutions. Cast iron pointer.
label: Description
content: Maker is John Chatillon & Sons of New York, NY; 1835-present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0939.033
label: accession number
content: 1978.0939
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0939.033
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spring balance
label: Object Type
content: scale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (faceplate material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, sheet (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (pointer material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (spring material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 17 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 43.4975 cm x 10.4775 cm