Collection

Steelyard-type "improved chondrometer"

Made:
1845-1871 in London
maker:
De Grave, Short and Fanner
Improved chondrometer' of the steelyard type with box pivot

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Improved chondrometer' of the steelyard type with box pivot
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"Improved chondrometer" of the steelyard type with box pivot, signed De Grave Short and Fanner, St Martin's Le Grand, London, in fitted mahogany case with wooden strike and instructions, quarter pint capacity, calibrated from 14-80 lbs per (Imperial) bushel, third quarter of the 19th century (A112,418)

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1988-689
type:
chondrometer and steelyard
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust

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