Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.005
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Balance
Title:
Comparative Weight Balance
Year Range from:
1948
Year Range to:
1960
Description:
Metered, Comparative Weight Balance
Long silver metal scale with two trays for weighting substances. At one end is a scale head. The first tray (closest to the scale head) is round. The second tray is square with the side closest to the round tray bent purposefully upward. On side below trays is a moveable weight that slides up and down a balance.
Used to compare a known wieght with a sample. The sample could then be increased or decreased to match the weight. Used in chemical laboratory.
Long silver metal scale with two trays for weighting substances. At one end is a scale head. The first tray (closest to the scale head) is round. The second tray is square with the side closest to the round tray bent purposefully upward. On side below trays is a moveable weight that slides up and down a balance.
Used to compare a known wieght with a sample. The sample could then be increased or decreased to match the weight. Used in chemical laboratory.
Notes:
Used by the U.S. Bureau of Mines at the Juneau Mineral Information Center in the chemical laboratory. Used to compare a known weight with a sample. The size of the sample could then be increased or decreased to match the known weight.
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