Analytical Balance
Analytical Balance
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- Description
- Analytical balance with 12-inch beam, agate bearings, 3-inch diameter pans, and ivory scale inscribed “BECKER & SONS / NEW YORK.” The case is mahogany with glass sides, a drawer in the bottom, and an “EIMER AMEND / NEW YORK CITY” tag at the top. Becker & Sons were in business in New York in the late 1850s, and again from 1865 to 1884.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Analytical Balance
- Object Type
- Balances
- date made
- 1865-1884
- maker
- Becker and Sons
- place made
- United States: New York
- Measurements
- case: 22 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 57.15 cm x 24.13 cm x 46.99 cm
- beam: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- CH.314946
- catalog number
- 314946
- accession number
- 212906
- Credit Line
- Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
- subject
- Weights & Measures
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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