Balance Scales
Object detail
Accession number
F1597.2004
Description
Wooden box with white stone lid. Eight red prongs project out of this lid, four at each end. These are for putting the samples to be measured on. Samples are only weighed against each other, there is no numerical scale. On the side of the wooden box is an oval viewing window with glass panel covering two arrows showing relative weights of samples.
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Balance Scales, F1597.2004. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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