analytical balance
Date1850-1870
Inventory Number2004-1-0307
ClassificationBalance
Subject
Maker
O. P. Drake & Company
fl. 1850s-1860s
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions48 x 62 x 26 cm (18 7/8 x 24 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Material
DescriptionA wooden case with adjustable brass legs and glass windows that contains a balance resting on a white marble slab. The balance consists of a brass pillar that holds a brass beam currently missing its pans. From the right side atop the balance comes a horizontal rod with a small clip for manipulating sliding weights and riders on the beam.
Signedon base of column: O.P. DRAKE / MAKER / BOSTON
Herman Kohlbusch Balance Company
Date: 1860-1880
Accessories: box of weights; accessories and spare parts for balance
Object number: 1998-1-1661
Christian Becker
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: in the drawer is a small box of weights, as well as two cards giving instructions for use
Object number: 2004-1-0308
L. Oertling
Date: 1880-1940
Accessories: fitted wooden block with Eimer and Amend weights; two fitted boxes of weights (mahogany); simple wooden case of small weights with sliding top; weights stuffed in a cardboard box labelled "J.B. Prescott"; miscellaneous parts in a brown cardboard box; one brass dial knob; two identical brass pieces (red, black and brass) of unknown use; a round, flat glass tray that hangs from three strings; additional perforated pan with stirrup; two glass floats in a cardboard box; cylindrical float in a black cylindrical cardboard case; black tweezer; page from Gaertner Scientific Corp., page 4, "T1005. Analytical balance" now in instrument file folder (a different make and model); paper note with following note: Water dispat 60° / 12.3535
Object number: 1996-1-0412
Fisher Scientific Company
Date: circa 1963
Accessories: Reimann thermometer-Plummet, cat. no. 2-155 No 4402 WK missing glass jar (pygnometer?); one rider
Object number: 1998-1-0090a
Scientific Materials Company
Date: 1902-1925
Accessories: hook; riders (4); immersion thermometer with hook in wooden holder
Object number: 3826
Georg Westphal
Date: circa 1893
Accessories: slotted wooden arm; immersion thermometer on wire with hook; two extra wires sewed to blue paper; tweezers; riders in cylindrical cardboard box (in larger box)
Object number: 3827
American Balance Corporation
Date: circa 1960
Accessories: brush; aluminum blocks
Object number: 1996-1-0204
Eimer & Amend
Date: circa 1922
Accessories: set-up instructions; weights; corked glass viles; tweezer; magnifying glass
Object number: 1996-1-0207
Empire Laboratory Supply Company, Inc.
Date: circa 1930
Accessories: small plastic box of weights; solid aluminum cyclinder marked "3"; large cyclinders (to be connected to power source and meter) (2); plexiglass stand for cylinders; sliding weights (2)
Object number: 2006-1-0104
