Balance scale
Artist
B. Dearborn, Boston
Datec. 1819
Location where madeBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Location where usedBurlington, Vermont, United States
MediumWood, metal
ClassificationsMeasuring Devices
Credit LineGift of Martha Brookes Hutcheson
Object number1939.23.6
DescriptionChemist's blance with weights (1939.23.7). Marked B. Dearborn Boston 1819.Base and two partly square, partly turned uprights of wood. Trays of bronze, cross of steel, trimmings of brass. Trays and hangars detachable from crossarms. Adjusted by brass finial at center of crossarm. Leveled by four screws at the corners of the base.On View
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1880s
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Japan
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