Beam Balance
date: label: date made
content: ca 1841 - 1842
notes: label: Description
content: Equal-arm beam balance with a circular pivot center hook, piercework pointer, and flat, slightly swelled and tapered arms terminating in smaller circular pivots with hanging holes. Both arms struck incuse on both sides "J. L. BROWN (arched) / NEW·YORK (curved)" in roman letters. Beam only; no stand, hooks or pans.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0939.032
label: accession number
content: 1978.0939
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0939.032
objectType: label: Object Name
content: beam balance
label: Object Type
content: scale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 20 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 51.1175 cm x 17.4625 cm