Balance
date: label: associated dates
content: 1754 01 01+ / 1754 01 01+, 1798 12 31- / 1798 12 31-
notes: label: Description
content: This hand balance has a 6-inch iron beam with index, 2.5-inch brass pans, several weights, and rectangular wooden case. It belonged to Samuel Stringer Coale (1754-1798), a prominent doctor in Baltimore.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.226.02
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.226.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Other Terms
content: Balance; Manufacturing and Dispensing Equipment; Pocket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: string, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron(?) (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: bar measurement: 4.6 cm x 15 cm x 1.9 cm; 1 13/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 3/4 in