Steelyard
Steelyard
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- Description
- Iron steelyard with square beam, pear shaped weight, and worn paper label that reads “FARMER’S STEELYARD...”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Steelyard
- Date made
- late 19th century
- 1850-1900
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 21 in; 30.48 cm x 53.34 cm
- overall: 1 7/8 in x 23 1/8 in x 2 in; 4.7625 cm x 58.7375 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- CH.61.15
- accession number
- 233292
- catalog number
- 61.15
- Credit Line
- Gift of Peter Welsh
- subject
- Weights & Measures
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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