Apothecary Scale

Object/Artifact

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Island County Historical Society

Name/Title

Apothecary Scale

Entry/Object ID

2017.040.017

Description

An apothecary scale used by Elwin Blair. Part of label is missing [Washburn?] & Co. Ltd. Glasgow.

Use

At its root, the balance scale was used as a tool to measure the unknown weight of an item (like food, medicine, herbs, and so on) against a set of known weights. Thus, as a person adds known weights in calculated increments, they can determine the exact weight of an item by seeing how much it takes for the pan full of the item in question to become level with the weighted pan.

Category

Apothecary/Medicine

Acquisition

Accession

2017.040

Source or Donor

Molly Blair

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In Memory Of: Elwin Blair

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

On base of scale

Transcription

[?]BURN & Co. Ltd. Glasgow?

Language

English

Material/Technique

Label

Notes

Part of label is missing

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Scale, Apothecary

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Scale

Nomenclature Class

Weights & Measures T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Blair, Elwin H.