Balance
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- Description
- Brass balance with 7-inch beam, lifting mechanism, and scale at top, that stands on and fits into a wooden box. It was used by Abner Cloud Pierce, a relative of the donor.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Balance, Portable Box
- balance
- date made
- mid-nineteenth century
- Physical Description
- metal, bronze (beam material)
- metal, bronze (colomn material)
- metal, bronze (hangers, pan(2) material)
- metal, bronze (pans(2) material)
- wood (box material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 9 in x 4 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 22.86 cm x 12.065 cm
- ID Number
- MG.310414
- catalog number
- 310414
- accession number
- 118773
- Credit Line
- Francis D. Shoemaker
- subject
- Weights & Measures
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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