Accession No

1406

Brief Description

scales by James Pickering, c.1825

Origin

73 Pill Lane; Dublin; Ireland

Maker

Pickering. James

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1817

Latest Date

1834

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, brass); rope (cord); wood; paper; cloth

Dimensions

box length 287mm; breadth 127mm; height 35mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in 1974. Originally from the Stokes Collection.

Inscription

‘The Old Established
Beam & Scale
MANUFACTORY
All sorts of Beams, Scales
Weights & Measures, Manufactured in the best manner
& Sold by Jas. Pickering, Beam & Scale Maker
To the Bank of Ireland; No 73, Pill Lane Dublin
N.B. All Sorts of Beams & Scales Neatly Cleaned & Repaired.’ (label in lid of box)

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; box beam ends; self-locating steel knife edge and ring bearing; index over; gallows with large bearing in plane of beam with index. Ring bearing in gallows. Two circular brass pans with hooks and suspension cords. Box with single section for weights; no weights extant.
Label in box lid. Hook fastening.

Condition: fair; incomplete (weights missing).

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