Accession No

6874

Brief Description

chemical balance, one of a set of three (with G278 and G279), used at the Cavendish Laboratory, attributed to Sartorius, German, late 19th Century

Origin

Germany; Göttingen [based on attributed maker]

Maker

Sartorius [attributed]

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1898

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, white metal, copper, platinum); wood; glass; plastic (ivorine, bakelite); stone (agate); rope (cord)

Dimensions

breadth 429mm; height 508mm; depth 280mm

Special Collection

Provenance

It is recorded in the Cavendish Laboratory's 1894 alphabetical catalogue of apparatus on p.11: used in the New Laboratory, purchased in 1898 "Griffin (Sartorius)".

Inscription

‘Balance No 2’ (paper label on case)
‘LOAD NOT TO
EXCEED
200 GRAMS’ (paper label on glass of case)

Description Notes

Open triangular beam. Agate centre knife and end knives. Silvered scale on front of beam divided 10 - 0 - 10, numbered by 1, graduated to 0.2. White metal index screwed to base of beam moves over ivorine scale. Brass plumb bob suspended from other side of beam.
Two open brass pillars on square brass base. Knurled brass screw in front operates arresting mechanism and raises pan arresting knobs (brass and ivorine). Agate centre plane. Rider bar over beam operated from RHS. Two stirrup-hung platinised copper pans with brass hangers.
Black glass base mounted on three feet (two with levelling screws). Glazed wooden cover with sliding front panel.

Incomplete (weights missing).

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