Weight, Balance

Name/Title

Weight, Balance

Entry/Object ID

2017.040.002

Description

A small brown wooden box containing a scale and weights. The brass scale is small as well as the weights. The weights are contained in three small red round boxes. There is one box that does not have a lid and inside are 3 weights, 2 drachms, 2 crupee and ?. Inside the lid is label "GODFREY & COOKE, Chemists, 30 Conduit Street, Bond Street, and 26, St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner, London" The lid is held closed by a small brass hook and eye. The box is 5.75 in x 3 in x 1 in deep.

Acquisition

Accession

2017.040

Source or Donor

Molly Blair

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In Memory Of: Elwin Blair

Made/Created

Date made

Jun 3, 2017

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Weight, Balance

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Component, Scale

Nomenclature Class

Weights & Measures T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Dimensions

Height

1 in

Width

3 in

Length

5-3/4 in