Balance part

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OBJECT TYPE: pocket/pendulum
DATE: 1850–1859
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0927.002

MANUFACTURER: Konebusch, S.
MODEL: 15
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 11
AKA: arm with pans
Patents: N/A
General Description: Brass (?) arm; darkened metal indicator needle; gold tone suspension chains; concave silver metal pans.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 16.2 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Height: 12.5 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: Konebusch
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
Period: This balance used c. 1850s; possibly also used later.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "15" stamped on one side of arm; UHN catalogue no. "X960.1 L" printed by hand in black ink on arm; "X960.1 A" and "960.1 B" printed by hand in black ink on underside of pans.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Brass (?) arm; darkened metal indicator needle; gold tone suspension chains; concave silver metal pans.
Decoration: N/A

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Konebusch, S., Balance part, circa 1850–1859, Artifact no. 2002.0927, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0927.002/

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