Accession No

1407

Brief Description

balance by Benjamin Payne, 1808-1833

Origin

395 Strand; London; England

Maker

Payne. Benjamin

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1808

Latest Date

1833

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

box length 227mm; breadth 114mm; height 36mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Benjn Payne
Scale Maker
No 395
NEAR
Southampton Street
STRAND.’ (paper label in lid of box)

Description Notes

Steel beam and bearings; swan’s neck ends; self-locating knife edge and ring bearing; index above; gallows with ring bearing and double aperture below (?no double aperture; 26-1-2000); hook; two circular brass pans with suspension cords. Box with two sections for weights. 4 lozenge-shaped brass weights stamped with denomination and crown. 2 fractional weights (any original (?)). Paper label in lid; hook fastening (catch missing; 26-1-2000).

Condition: fair (pans corroded); incomplete? (weights missing?).

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