Balance
date: label: date made
content: nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Hanging balance with a 12-inch iron beam and two tin pans (the square one measures 6.5-inches across; the round one is slightly smaller). There are also seven cast iron weights (the largest weighs a kilogram; the others weigh parts of a kilogram). Joseph Palmer (1836-1913), the donor, was a taxiderminst and model maker who worked for many years at the Smithsonian.
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joseph Palmer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.255364.01
label: accession number
content: 50251
label: catalog number
content: 255364
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: beam: 12 in; 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: pan: 6 1/2 in; 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: round pan: 6 1/8 in; x 15.5575 cm
label: Measurements
content: heaviest weight: 1 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 4.445 cm x 8.5725 cm x 8.5725 cm
label: Measurements
content: lightest weight: 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 2.8575 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: median weight: 1 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 4.7625 cm x 4.7625 cm