Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1900
name: label: maker
content: Berenger, J.
label: maker
content: Berenger, J.
notes: label: Description
content: Joseph Béranger (1802-1870) was a balance maker in Lyons, France, who, in 1847, introduced a balance mechanism that was similar to but more robust than the Roberval design. This example has an ebony box with marble top. The inscriptions on the front read “USINES DE LA MULATIERE A MAISON BERANGER” and “LYONS.” The two metal pans are marked with a crown above a star.
label: Description
content: Béranger balances were displayed at the London Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851, and the New York Crystal Palace exhibition of 1853.
label: Description
content: Ref: Joseph Béranger et Cie, <i>Manufacture d’Instruments de Pésage</i> (Paris, 1849).
label: Description
content: Mr. Dilke, “Special Report,” p. 78, in <i>Reports from the Commissioners to the New York. Industrial Exhibition</i> (London, 1854).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Lyon
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Hendler Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.M-07742
label: catalog number
content: M-07742
label: accession number
content: 223291
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 9/16 in x 19 in x 7 13/16 in; 16.66875 cm x 48.26 cm x 19.84375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 19 in x 7 13/16 in; 16.51 cm x 48.26 cm x 19.84375 cm