Weights
notes: label: Description
content: Set of 12 cylindrical brass weights ranging from 0.1 ounce to 10 ounce, and two weight lifters. The National Bureau of Standards transferred this set to the Smithsonian in 1928.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.309594
label: accession number
content: 103830
label: catalog number
content: 309594
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Weight Set and Weight Lifters
label: Object Name
content: Weights
label: Object Type
content: Weights
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: weight 5:;
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content: weight 1:;
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content: weight 3:;
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content: small weight lifter: 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 3 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 2.8575 cm x 9.8425 cm
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content: large weight lifter: 9/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 6 in; 1.42875 cm x 6.35 cm x 15.24 cm
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content: box: 2 in x 4 in x 4 in; 5.08 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall box housing: 2 in x 4 in x 4 in; 5.08 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm