Portable Platform Scale
Fairbank Scales, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
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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