Balance
date: label: date made
content: around 1830
label: date made
content: nineteenth century
name: label: original owner
content: Reed, Joel
label: inheritor
content: Reed, John Franklin
label: maker
content: Whitty, James
notes: label: Description
content: Small and heavily restored balance that belonged to Joel Reed (1827-1900), owner of several gold mines in North Carolina, and that was probably used for weighing gold.
label: Description
content: The balance stands on a wooden box with drawer. The pans are deep, made of copper, and 4.75 inches diameter. The 12-inch steel beam is marked “J. WHITTY N. YORK” on front and back. The brass lifting lever is marked "PATENT."
label: Description
content: James Whitty was a New York City tinsmith who, at the time of his death in 1834, was described as a “Scalebeam Maker.” James Martine, a hardware dealer in Fayetteville, N.C., advertised “Whitty’s Patent Balances” in 1835.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. John Franklin Reed
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.321598
label: catalog number
content: 321598
label: accession number
content: 185076
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: carrier: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 9 1/4 in x 16 3/4 in; 23.495 cm x 42.5704 cm
label: Measurements
content: each weighing pan: 4 3/4 in; x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: arms: 13 1/2 in; 34.29 cm