Balance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANALYTICAL/TORSION/500MG
- DATE
- 1918
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0154.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Roller-Smith Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 227109
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN STORAGE BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE/ METAL BALANCE WITH GLASS WINDOWS AND DIAL COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.0 cm
- Width
- 19.5 cm
- Height
- 32.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Mass/weight
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Roller Smith
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Bethlehem
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED FROM THE 1920S TO 1940S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO QUICKLY DETERMINE THE MASS OF SMALL QUANTITIES UP TO 500MG. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON DIAL FACE: 'PRECISION BALANCE/ CAPACITY 500 MG 1 DIVISION 2 MG/ CALIBRATED WITH - 0 - ON WEIGHING HOOK./ MADE BY/ ROLLER-SMITH CO./ BETHLEHEM PA./ U.S.A./ NO. 227109/ N.P. 1918/ [SCALE 0 TO 500 IN TWOS'/ HANDWRITTEN ON DIAL FACE: '1 GRAIN = 64.798918/ 1 MG = 0.013432 GR./1GR. 2GR. 3GR. 4GR. 5GR. 6GR. 7GR. 8GR.'/ PLATE ON BASE: 'FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO./ PITTSBURGH PA., U.S.A.'/ HANDWRITTEN ON WEIGHT HOLDER: '500 250 200 20'/ MOLDED IN DRAWER AND SIDE DOOR: '1204' '1204' '18599A'/ HAND PAINTED ON BOX TOP: '500 MGS.'
- Missing
- WEIGHTS: 20 200 250 & 500
- Finish
- BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED/ BALANCE HAMMELIN FINISH/ LIGHT YELLOW DIAL FACE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Roller-Smith Co., Balance, 1918, Artifact no. 1997.0154, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0154.001/
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