Postal Scale
date: label: date made
content: around 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Small brass pendulum scale that reads from 0 to 100 grams. The inscription on the circular platform reads “Porto-Sätze.” Other inscriptions read “D.R.P. ANG.” and “DEPOSÉ.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: 1994.0019.45
label: accession number
content: 1994.0019
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0019.45
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Postal Scale
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 17.145 cm x 10.795 cm x 6.985 cm