"Improved pocket chondrometer" with swan-neck pivot

Made:
1816-1839 in London
maker:
W Harris and Company
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 Harris and Co., 50 Holborn, London, in fitted mahogany case with wooden strike and instructions, quarter pint capacity, calibrated from 21-79 lbs per bushel, 19th century (A172970)

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1988-688
type:
chondrometer and steelyard
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust