- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Watkins & Hill
- Provenance
- Purchased from Baux of Illchester.
- Primary inscriptions
- "WATKINS & HILL, LONDON" [engraved on beam of instrument]; "WATKINS & HILL. Optician, 5, Charing Cross, LONDON." [on label pasted on inside of lid].
- Object type
- Balance
- Dimensions
- Height: 70mm Width: 230mm Depth: 90mm Weight: 703g
- Inventory No
- 34955
Description
Copper Alloy and steel beam, pivoted on copper alloy support, with copper alloy bucket for the grain or farina being measured, and copper alloy sliding weight marked "lbs Per Bushel". Beam calibrated 30 - 60. Bucket contains some lead shot. The whole aperatus is kept in a compartmented mahogany case.
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