Steelyard-type pocket chondrometer

Made:
1840-1856 in London
maker:
Watkins & Hill
Improved pocket chondrometer' of the steelyard type with

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Improved pocket chondrometer' of the steelyard type with
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"Improved pocket chondrometer" of the steelyard type with swan-neck pivot, signed Watkins and Hill, London, in fitted mahogany case with wooden strike and instructions, half pint capacity, calibrated from 15-74 lbs per bushel. Second quarter by the 19th century (A125, 660)

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1988-686
type:
chondrometer and steelyard
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust