Weight, Balance
- Object Name:
- Weight, Balance
- Object ID:
- 1993.039.18.35
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Set of brass weights, in wooden box. Box made of mahogany, with brass hinges and latches. Eight holes drilled into wood, to house weights. Weights are brass cylinders, each marked with a weight. Marked (smallest to largest): "1", "2", "2", "5", "10", "10", and "20 GR'ME." Also a set of aluminum weights, each a square of sheet metal, marked (smallest to largest): "1", "2 CG", "2CG", "5 CG", "1 DG", "2 DG", "2 DG", and "5 DG". 1.5" x 3.75" x 1.75". (NHMS 39)
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Aluminum
Mahogany - Provenance:
- From the object collection of the New Hampshire Medical Society, including medicine bottles, doctor's kits, and other medical equipment used in New Hampshire, 18th through 20th century.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of New Hampshire Medical Society
- Subjects:
- Medical equipment & supplies, Weights & measures
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