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- Description
- Small steel balance that fits into and stands on a wooden case. The beam is 7.75 inches long; the pans are 4.2 inches diameter. It was used by Frederick C. Falck (d. 1908), a chemist who worked for several drug manufacturers in Baltimore.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Balance, Portable Box
- balance
- date made
- 19th Century
- second half 19th Century
- Physical Description
- metal (beam material)
- metal (chain material)
- metal (pans(2) material)
- metal (column material)
- wood (box material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 11 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 29.21 cm x 16.51 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-09478
- catalog number
- M-09478
- accession number
- 232068
- Credit Line
- From Mr. J. Stanley Falck
- subject
- Weights & Measures
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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