Torsion Balance
Torsion Balance
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- Description
- A brass tag on the white-glazed metal case reads “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / STYLE 4551 NO. B951604 / CAPACITY 200 GRM MADE IN U.S.A.” The double linear scale in front, between the pans, is graduated in grains and milligrams. The firm described this style as a “Chemical and Laboratory Scale.”
- Ref: The Torsion Balance Co., Catalogue 38 (New York, 1934), p. 13.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Torsion Balance
- date made
- around 1935
- maker
- Torsion Balance Company
- place made
- United States: New York
- United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- ceramic, porcelain (overall material)
- metal (pan material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 7/8 in x 12 1/4 in x 6 in; 27.6225 cm x 31.115 cm x 15.24 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-10921.001
- accession number
- 259201
- catalog number
- M-10921.001
- Credit Line
- Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy
- subject
- Weights & Measures
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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