Torsion Balance
Torsion Balance
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- Description
- Balance with 3-inch nickel-plated pans; a mahogany box with black glass slab, and hinged wood and glass cover; and metal tag that reads “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / STYLE 277 / NO. 29539 / PAT. JAN. 9.85, JAN. 22. 89. MAY 19. 91.” The Torsion Balance Co., which began trading, as such, in 1908, described this model as a Class B scale for pharmaceutical, chemical and kindred work.
- Ref: The Torsion Balance Co., Balances and Scales (New York, 1934), p. 15
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Torsion Balance
- Other Terms
- Manufacturing And Dispensing Equipment
- date made
- around 1910
- maker
- Torsion Balance Company
- place made
- United States: New York
- United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 5/16 in x 13 1/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 16.03375 cm x 33.3375 cm x 14.605 cm
- ID Number
- MG.312142.007
- catalog number
- 312142.007
- accession number
- 312142
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ferris State College, School of Pharmacy
- subject
- Weights & Measures
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Joe Garofano
Fri, 2018-11-30 09:41