Portable chondrometer, steelyard type in case

Made:
1808-1828 in London
maker:
Robert Brettell Bate
Improved portable chondrometer' of the steelyard type with

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Improved portable chondrometer' of the steelyard type with
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"Improved portable chondrometer" of the steelyard type with swan-neck pivot, which folds into mahogany case bearing the label of R.B. Bate, 17 Poultry, London, one eighth pint capacity, calibrated from 16-72 (pounds per bushel) 1814-28 (A221923)

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1988-681
type:
chondrometer and steelyard
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust