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Description:

Box scale in a mahogany case with marble top, 10-inch brass pans, and round window with two indicator arrows.

Date Made: around 1900

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Weights & Measures

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Credit Line: Smithsonian Institution

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CH.329780Catalog Number: 329780Accession Number: 286916

Object Name: Counter BalanceObject Type: Balances

Measurements: overall: 19.7 cm x 25.4 cm x 6.23 cm; 7 3/4 in x 10 in x 2 7/16 inoverall: 7 3/4 in x 24 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 61.595 cm x 26.035 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e582-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_2585

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