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- Description
- Mahogany box with eight cylindrical brass weights, the largest of which is 50 grams, and several smaller weights. The label on the front of the box reads “CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC / CHICAGO CENCO U.S.A. / LABORATORY APPARATUS.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Weights
- Object Type
- Weights
- maker
- Central Scientific Company
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- Measurements
- brass weight 4:;
- brass weight 5:;
- brass weight 3:;
- box: 4 cm x 16.4 cm x 9.3 cm; 1 9/16 in x 6 7/16 in x 3 11/16 in
- brass weight 1:;
- brass weight 2:;
- overall in case: 1 5/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 3 9/16 in; 4.1275 cm x 16.1925 cm x 9.04875 cm
- ID Number
- CH.315232
- accession number
- 218476
- catalog number
- 315232
- Credit Line
- Gift of Edward H. Turner
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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