Torsion Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1961
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
notes: label: Description
content: The tag on the front of the case reads “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY – MADE IN U.S.A.” and “CAUTION. BEFORE SHIPPING THIS BALANCE / OBTAIN INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE FACTORY” and “STYLE D.R.X. No. 72803 CAP 120 G CLASS A.” Another tag reads “PATENT APPLIED FOR.” The Smithsonian acquired this example in 1961.
label: Description
content: Ref: The Torsion Balance Co., <i>Chemical and Laboratory Balances</i> (New York, 1920), p. 6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New Jersey, Clifton
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Torsion Balance Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09713
label: catalog number
content: M-09713
label: accession number
content: 236093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 20.955 cm x 29.21 cm x 15.875 cm