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- Description
- This is a brass hand balance with a 6-inch beam, index, 2.25-inch pans, and six square weights. The top of the rectangular wooden case is decorated with an image of an American eagle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Balance, Hand
- balance
- date made
- nineteenth century
- Physical Description
- cotton (string material)
- metal (weights material)
- metal (beam material)
- metal (hanger material)
- metal (pans(2) material)
- wood (case material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 17.145 cm x 8.255 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-13057
- catalog number
- M-13057
- accession number
- 321641
- catalog number
- 321641.028
- Credit Line
- Gift of the American Pharmaceutical Association
- subject
- Weights & Measures
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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