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Coin Balance, by Benjamin Martin, London, c. 1770

Inventory Number 35041

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.35041

Item type
Object
Makers
Martin
Provenance
Presented by F.E. Baker.
Primary inscriptions
"* Martin . Fecit . No 4840 *" [engraved on ivory beam].
Inventory No
35041
Accession Number
1971-22

Description

Ivory beam calibrated on one side in 3d steps from 3s 6d to 21s, and on the other side in 6d. steps from 22s to 36s; brass sliding weight and suspension, and blue-steel pointer. In pateboard case.

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