Balance
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- Description
- Unequal-arm counter balance with a cast-iron base, large brass scoop, and two heavy iron weights.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Balance, Unequal Arm
- Other Terms
- Balance, Unequal Arm; Manufacturing And Dispensing Equipment
- date made
- around 1900
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 18 3/4 in x 10 in; 31.75 cm x 47.625 cm x 25.4 cm
- weight 1: 3 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.445 cm
- weight 2: 1 3/4 in x 2 in x 1 in; 4.445 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 1997.0197.02
- accession number
- 1997.0197
- catalog number
- 1997.0197.02
- subject
- Weights & Measures
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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