Steelyard
Steelyard
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- Description
- The Smithsonian bought this steelyard in 1894 from K. Noro, Superintendent of the Osaka Exhibition Association. It has a 19-inch wooden beam with brass fittings, 4-8-inch brass pan, and one brass weight attached to a red cord.
- Ref: H. Ling Roth, “Oriental Steelyards and Bismars,” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 42 (1912): 200-233.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- steelyard
- date made
- Around 1890
- around 1890
- place made
- Japan
- Measurements
- arm: 19 in x 5/16 in; 48.26 cm x.79375 cm
- pan: 5/16 in x 4 7/8 in;.79375 cm x 12.3825 cm
- overall, minimum (shipping, storage, or collapsed): 1 5/8 in x 20 in x 8 in; 4.1275 cm x 50.8 cm x 20.32 cm
- ID Number
- CH.202858
- accession number
- 27834
- catalog number
- 202858
- subject
- Weights & Measures
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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