Balance
notes: label: Description
content: Small metal device with four slots marked 20, 5, 5 and 10, and a “DÉPOSÉ NUMISMETRE ‘ETALON” inscription. In operation, a coin would be placed in the appropriate slot, and if of the correct weight, it would depress the rocker balance.
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: Dr. Bruno Kisch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.318250
label: catalog number
content: 318250
label: accession number
content: 235392
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 2 1/4 in x 1 in; 5.715 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 1 in; 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 5 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 12.7 cm x 3.175 cm