overall: 7 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 5 in; 18.415 cm x 22.225 cm x 12.7 cm
Object Name:
balance
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Date made:
around 1900
Description:
The Army Prescription Balance was a simple and inexpensive brass instrument that fit into and stood on a wooden box. This example belonged to Chevalier Jackson, a noted American endoscopist. The brass label on the box reads “HENRY TROEMNER / MAKER / PHILADELPHIA, PA. / CAP. 2 OZ. NO. 9 / MADE IN THE U.S.A.”
Ref: Henry Troemner, <i>Price-List of Fine Scales and Weights</i> (Philadelphia, 1889), p. 20.
Joseph Price Remington, <i>The Practice of Pharmacy</i> (Philadelphia, 1891), pp. 50-51, fig. 6.
Henry Heil, <i>Illustrated Catalogue and Price-list of Chemical Apparatus</i> (St. Louis, 1903), item 2660, p. 113.
