Balance
date: label: Date made
content: 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Balance made by a German tool and die maker for the Triner Scale & Manufacturing Company, in 1910. It was used to test master weights, many of which were made for the U.S. Post Office. The beam is 32 inches long; the pillar is 24 inches high; the pans are 10.5 inches diameter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rockaway Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0583.1
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0583.1
label: accession number
content: 1984.0583
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance, Secondary Standard
label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 832 mm x 30 mm x 394 mm; 32 3/4 in x 1 3/16 in x 15 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: pillar: 61 cm; 24 in
label: Measurements
content: beam: 82.5 cm; 32 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: pan with holder: 546 mm x 33 mm x 267 mm; 21 1/2 in x 1 5/16 in x 10 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44 in x 51 in x 49 in; 111.76 cm x 129.54 cm x 124.46 cm