assorted weights in a box
Date1850-1900
Inventory Number1998-1-0250
ClassificationWeights
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions8.5 x 25 x 14.5 cm (3 3/8 x 9 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Material
Accessorieswooden box
DescriptionAn apparently random collection of 4 cylindrical weights, 50+ metal spheres, 6 wooden spheres, and 2 enamel spheres. All spheres are of various sizes, all within a gray painted wooden box.
The box's side is marked "PRISMS".
The box's side is marked "PRISMS".
Signedunsigned
John Cuthbertson
Date: 1770-1815
Accessories: brown storage box, descriptive tag, thin strip of paper in box with the inscription "lucernal microscope" in David P. Wheatland's handwriting (which refers to figs. 47-48 and 51 in this series), page from the book "Old Science and Medicine" with a photographic copy of the first print from this series, entitled "The Large Electric Machine at Haarlem."
Object number: 1998-1-1087
Department of Geology and Geography, Harvard University
Date: May 27, 1968
Object number: 2011-1-0020
Department of Geology and Geography, Harvard University
Date: 1950s-1960s
Accessories: missing parts.
Object number: 2011-1-0052
Thomas Hall
Date: circa 1890
Accessories: pulley rope
Object number: 1997-1-1423
Department of Geology and Geography, Harvard University
Date: 1957
Accessories: supplementary sphere
Object number: 2011-1-0032
Voland & Sons
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: glass bar covering aluminum pieces
Object number: 1996-1-0218
Department of Geology and Geography, Harvard University
Date: 1963
Accessories: sample chip in glass vial, missing part on side
Object number: 2011-1-0033
