Metric Weights
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1900
notes: label: Description
content: In the late eighteenth century, French scientists introduced a new system of weights and measures known as the metric system. Units of length, volume and mass were interrelated. A cube 10 centimeters on a side (1000 cubic centimeters) was defined to have a volume of one liter. The weight of one liter of pure water was called a kilogram.
label: Description
content: These eleven brass cylinders have weights ranging from two grams to 1000 grams, or one kilogram. They are stamped in French with their weight – 2 GRAM, 5 GRAM, 10 GRAM (2 weights), 20 GRAM, 50 GRAM, 100 GRAMMES (2 weights), 200 GRAMMES, 500 GRAMMES, 1 KILOGRAMME. Each weight has a knob at the top for lifting. The weights have no maker’s mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Metric System
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.314663
label: catalog number
content: 314663
label: accession number
content: 208323
objectType: label: Object Name
content: weights
label: Object Type
content: Weights
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 5 in x 3 7/8 in; 8.255 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.8425 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 3 3/4 in x 5 in x 3 7/8 in; 9.525 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.8425 cm