Accession No

1408

Brief Description

scales, English, mid-19th Century

Origin

England

Maker

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1825

Latest Date

1875

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, tin); ivory; rope (cord); cloth (silk)

Dimensions

case length 203mm; breadth 90mm; height 23mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; box beam ends; self-locating knife edge bearing; enclosed. Index over; gallows with ring bearing and hook with double aperture below. Two ivory pans with suspension cords. Oval japanned tin box lined with blue silk.

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