Swan-necked beam balance
Steel beam balance, upward-pointing pin, weight below knife-edge fulcrum, with brass pans hung from silk thread, fenestrated swan-necked beam ends
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A22163 Pt15
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal) and silk thread
- Measurements:
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overall: 190 mm x 172 mm x 50 mm,
- type:
- balance scales
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
