Platform Scale

Description:

The platform here is marked, in raised letters, “NOVELTY WORKS LIVINGSTON ROGGEN & CO. NO. 10.” The beam is marked “LIVINGSTON ROGGEN & CO.” on one side, and “FAIRBANKS PATENT” on the other.

The Pittsburgh Novelty Works was established in 1833 and specialized in “Domestic Hardware.” Laureston R. Livingston and John J. Roggen took charge of the firm in 1846. Livingston and William B. Copeland were proprietors by 1856. The shop burned in 1870 and was not rebuilt.

Ref: Pittsburgh Novelty Works, Catalogue and Price List (Pittsburgh, [186?], pp. 18-29.

Date Made: mid-nineteenth century

Maker: Livingston Roggen and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

Subject: Weights & Measures

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Credit Line: Gift of Detecto Scales, Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CH.336576Accession Number: 1978.0424Catalog Number: 336576

Object Name: Platform ScaleObject Type: Scales

Measurements: each wheel: 10 cm; x 3 15/16 inplatform: 45 cm x 58.5 cm; x 17 11/16 in x 23 1/16 inoverall: 92.5 cm x 49.5 cm x 73.5 cm; 36 7/16 in x 19 1/2 in x 28 15/16 inoak insert: 26 cm x 46.3 cm; 10 1/4 in x 18 1/4 inoverall: 36 in x 33 in x 19 in; 91.44 cm x 83.82 cm x 48.26 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e996-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_2961

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