Balance

Description:

The Army Prescription Balance was a simple and inexpensive brass instrument that fit into and stood on a wooden box. The form was available by 1880. In this example, the beam is 8 inches long, and marked “7”. The brass label on the box reads “HENRY TROEMNER / MAKER / PHILADELPHIA, PA. / CAP. ½ OZ. NO. 9 / MADE IN THE U.S.A.”

Ref: Henry Troemner, Price List of Fine Scales and Weights (Philadelphia, 1889), p. 20.

Joseph Price Remington, The Practice of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, 1891), pp. 50-51, fig. 6.

Henry Heil, Illustrated Catalogue and Price-list of Chemical Apparatus (St. Louis, 1903), item 2660, p. 113.

Date Made: early twentieth century

Maker: Troemner

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: Weights & Measures

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Credit Line: Henry Troemner

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-03087 [dup1]Catalog Number: M-03087Accession Number: 116033

Object Name: Balance, Portable BoxBalance

Physical Description: metal, brass (beam material)metal, brass (hangers, pan(2) material)metal, brass (pans(2) material)metal, brass (column material)wood (box material)Measurements: overall: 2 3/4 in x 11 in x 4 7/16 in; 6.985 cm x 27.94 cm x 11.27125 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-8118-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_733567

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