Balance
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 6-inch iron beam and 2.5-inch brass pans, in a rectangular wooden box marked “J. H. Halsey.” Accessories include weights, two vials of powder, and four recipes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John P. M. Johnston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0763.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0763
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0763.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance, Hand
label: Object Name
content: hand scale
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (weights material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pans(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - case: 1 1/4 in x 7 in x 3 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 17.78 cm x 8.89 cm