Steelyard
date: label: date made
content: Around 1890
label: date made
content: around 1890
notes: label: Description
content: The Smithsonian bought this steelyard in 1894 from K. Noro, Superintendent of the Osaka Exhibition Association. It has a 19-inch wooden beam with brass fittings, 4-8-inch brass pan, and one brass weight attached to a red cord.
label: Description
content: Ref: H. Ling Roth, “Oriental Steelyards and Bismars,” <i>Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland</i> 42 (1912): 200-233.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.202858
label: accession number
content: 27834
label: catalog number
content: 202858
objectType: label: Object Name
content: steelyard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: arm: 19 in x 5/16 in; 48.26 cm x .79375 cm
label: Measurements
content: pan: 5/16 in x 4 7/8 in; .79375 cm x 12.3825 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, minimum (shipping, storage, or collapsed): 1 5/8 in x 20 in x 8 in; 4.1275 cm x 50.8 cm x 20.32 cm