Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1845-1851
name: label: maker
content: DeGrave, Short and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 4.5-inch steel beam, two deep copper pans, and four brass weights (marked 3, 4, 8 and 32). The whole fits in a rectangular wooden case, with a paper inside the lid marked “A Table by which may be Calculated the Value of any Weight of Diamonds” and “All sorts of Scales & Weights for Diamonds &c made & sold BY DE GRAVE, SHORT & COMPY. (Late M. Degrave & Son) 59, ST. MARTIN LE GRAND, LONDON.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.335522
label: catalog number
content: 335522
label: accession number
content: 321714
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Diamond Scales
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: each pan: 14 mm x 34 mm; 9/16 in x 1 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: tweezers: 10.2 cm; 4 in
label: Measurements
content: weight 1:;
label: Measurements
content: case: 2.4 cm x 12.8 cm x 7.4 cm; 15/16 in x 5 1/16 in x 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: beam: 11.2 cm; 4 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: table: 11.5 cm x 6 cm; 4 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 1 1/8 in x 5 in x 3 in; 2.8575 cm x 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm