Portable Platform Scale

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about 1900

Cast-iron frame, painted black with yellow detailing, brass beams (?) to 125 kg., plus weight pan and one weight hanging on right, on wheels

Overall: 24 × 28 × 60 in. (61 × 71.1 × 152.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

2007.1.49

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Scientific Instrument

Research Area

Scientific Instrument

Scientific Instrument: Weights and Measures

Not on view

Published References

Patent February 28, 1895.

Provenance

Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.

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