Balance
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- Description
- Robervahl balance in a wood box with slate slab, bubble level, 3-inch metal pans with arrows, hinged glass cover, vertical white scale, and adjusting screws at the bottom. A tag on the edge of the cover reads: “HENRY TROEMNER / MAKER / PHILADELPHIA, PA. U.S.A. / CAP. 2 OZ. NO. 190-CLB / SERIAL NO. 1575.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Balance
- date made
- around 1925
- maker
- Troemner
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 3/8 in x 15 in x 8 1/2 in; 18.7325 cm x 38.1 cm x 21.59 cm
- ID Number
- MG.312142.159
- catalog number
- 312142.159
- accession number
- 312142
- Credit Line
- Ferris State College, School of Pharmacy
- subject
- Weights & Measures
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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