Balance
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- Description
- Hand balance with a 5.25-inch iron beam, 1.75-inch pans, three square brass weights, and oval iron box. It was used by a Dr. Curie in Virginia, around 1870.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Balance
- balance
- date made
- ca 1800 - 1850
- around 1870
- Physical Description
- cotton (hanger material)
- metal (case material)
- metal (beam material)
- metal (hanger material)
- metal (pans(2) material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 1.905 cm x 14.2875 cm x 6.0325 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-12964
- catalog number
- M-12964
- accession number
- 287163
- Credit Line
- Dr. A. Foard McGinnes
- subject
- Weights & Measures
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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