Avoirdupois pound weight

Made:
1737 in Aldersgate
maker:
Samuel Read

Avoirdupois pound weight, 1737, in black fishskin case.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1900-160/2
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) and skin (animal) (fishskin)
Measurements:
Pound weight: 453.57g, 65 x 47mm
Case: 72 x 53 mm
type:
avoirdupois weight (standard)
credit:
The Royal Society

Parts

Case for Avoirdupois pound weight

Case for Avoirdupois pound weight

Black fishskin case for Avoirdupois pound weight, 1737

Materials:
case, fishskin, paper
Object Number:
1900-160/2 Pt2
type:
case