Torsion Balance
date: label: date made
content: around 1935
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
notes: label: Description
content: A brass tag on the white-glazed metal case reads “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / STYLE 4551 NO. B951604 / CAPACITY 200 GRM MADE IN U.S.A.” The double linear scale in front, between the pans, is graduated in grains and milligrams. The firm described this style as a “Chemical and Laboratory Scale.”
label: Description
content: Ref: The Torsion Balance Co., <i>Catalogue 38</i> (New York, 1934), p. 13.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10921.001
label: accession number
content: 259201
label: catalog number
content: M-10921.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, porcelain (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pan material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 7/8 in x 12 1/4 in x 6 in; 27.6225 cm x 31.115 cm x 15.24 cm