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Description:

This is essentially a steelyard mounted on a stand. The inscriptions at top and bottom read “BUFFALO SCALE CO.” One side of the beam is graduated from 0 to 160, and inscribed “BUFFALO / SCALE CO. / U.S.A.” The firm referred to this as a Paper Scale with Stand, noting that it was designed for “determining the number of pounds to the ream by the weight of one sheet.”

Ref: Buffalo Scale Co., Miniature Catalog, No. 526, p. 20

Date Made: early twentieth century

Maker: Buffalo Scale Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Buffalo

Subject: Weights & Measures

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Credit Line: Gift of City of New York

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.0514.22Catalog Number: 1983.0514.22Accession Number: 1983.0514

Object Name: BalanceObject Type: Balances

Measurements: overall: 45.7 cm x 41.3 cm x 16.5 cm; 18 in x 16 1/4 in x 6 1/2 inoverall: 18 1/8 in x 16 1/4 in x 7 in; 46.0375 cm x 41.275 cm x 17.78 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e781-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_616

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