Computing Scale

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Description:

This computing scale has a green finish and circular glass plate. A fan-shaped scale displays the weight (from 0 to 10 lbs.) on one side and the cost on the other. Raised letters (front and back) read “National / Store Specialty / LANCASTER, PA.”

Organized in Bareville (Lancaster County), Pa., in 1908, the National Store Specialty Company produced the Pennsylvania Gas Pump (between 1914 and 1935) as well as the Pennsylvania Computing Scales. It is now the Pennsylvania Scale Co.

Date Made: around 1920

Maker: National Scale Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Lancaster

Subject: Weights & Measures

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Chemistry

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Credit Line: Gift of City of New York

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.0514.18Catalog Number: 1983.0514.18Accession Number: 1983.0514

Object Name: BalanceObject Type: Scales

Measurements: overall: 77.5 cm x 67.3 cm x 30.5 cm; 30 1/2 in x 26 1/2 in x 12 inoverall; scale: 25 in x 25 1/2 in x 12 in; 63.5 cm x 64.77 cm x 30.48 cmoverall; mirror: 7/8 in x 13 5/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 34.6075 cm x 14.605 cmoverall; frame: 1 3/8 in x 14 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 3.4925 cm x 35.8775 cm x 13.97 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e8b7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_612

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