Steelyard
date: label: Date made
content: 1846
name: label: patented by
content: Fairbanks, Thaddeus
label: maker
content: E. and T. Fairbanks and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Thaddeus Fairbanks, “Steelyard,” U.S. Patent 4,761 (September 15, 1846). An inscription reads "THADDEUS FAIRBANKS ST. JOHNSBURY, VT." Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796-1886) was a founder and proprietor of E. & T. Fairbanks, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. This steelyard was designed for very heavy loads.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
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.308908
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 308908
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Steelyard
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 59 cm x 3.2 cm; 2 3/4 in x 23 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 23 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 59.055 cm x 3.175 cm