Balance
date: label: date made
content: late nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 6-inch iron beam with index, and deep 2.5-inch brass pans, several square brass weights, and wooden box. A hand-written label inside of the lid indicates the weight (in scruples) of various substances. This belonged to Joseph W. Moore, an 1889 graduate of the Maryland College of Pharmacy.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: American Pharmaceutical Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13056
label: catalog number
content: M-13056
label: accession number
content: 321641
label: catalog number
content: 321641.027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance, Hand
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (weights material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pans(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - case: 1 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 17.4625 cm x 8.5725 cm