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Pocket Scales in Box with Weights

Inventory Number 11400


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11400

Item type
Object
Provenance
Gift from Mr. J. M. Gauntlett St Edward's School, Oxford
Other inscriptions
H Summers Draper Redhill
Object type
Weight
Dimensions
Height: 29mm Width: 195mm Depth: 88mm
Inventory No
11400
Accession Number
1964-31

Description

Pocket scales in mahogany case with assorted weights. Said to have belonged to Dr. Chalk.

Swan neck pocket weighing scales in mahogany case, with small envelope labelled 'H. Summers Draper Redhill'. 10 assorted copper alloy and stone weights - 3 circular, 5 square copper alloy and 2 stone. Small circular wooden box containing 11 copper alloy thin weights.