Scale
Classification:
Date:
1875-1910
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 10 1/2 x 3 in. ( 12.7 x 26.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Cast iron scale with horizontal gauge, sliding weight, and pierced balancing tray with engraved pound numbers; painted decoration, with remains of gold paint on weight; maker's name molded on scale base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund Bramhall Child, 1947
Object Number:
INV.503
Marks:
molded: on base: "FAIRBANKS" [cast twice and painted once]
written: on label attached to scale: "E. B. CHILD. 1947"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
27306
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Calipers
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Steel, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 15 x 2 1/2 in. ( 57.2 x 38.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Steel calipers with two curved, tapered jaws connected to two steel bolts and brass wingnuts.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederick Griffith
Object Number:
1952.11
Marks:
stamped: on side of caliper: "DAVID R. GRIFFITH/Philadelphia"
stamped: on obverse of other caliper: "David R. Griffith"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, David R. Griffith was a master mechanic for the navy who made his own tools during the Civil War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
26991
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Scale
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Iron, brass, gilding, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 7 x 8 3/8 in. ( 22.2 x 17.8 x 21.3 cm )
Description:
Rectilinear cast iron scale with circular plate, circular gilt brass face, and molded, painted foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1946.65a
Marks:
engraved: on face: "JOHN CHATILLON & SONS/NEW YORK/PAT'D JANY 11th, 1876"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this scale came from the home of the Reverend Samuel Jones, near Philadelphia, PA.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
26944
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Instrument
Classification:
Date:
1804
Medium:
Brass, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 16 x 5 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 40.6 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Fragment of brass surveyor's instrument with circular center with wooden top from which sighting arms extend laterally and brass mount with adjusting screws for installing atop tripod attached to base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1939.14a
Inscriptions:
on face of instrument: "J. BAILEY HANOVER / 1804"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this instrument was made in 1804 in Hanover, New Hampshire, by J. Bailey.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1804
eMuseum Object ID:
26230
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Camera and part of tripod
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Wood, brass, glass, iron
Dimensions:
Overall (camera): 6 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (15.6 x 14.9 x 36.2 cm)
Description:
Wooden, chamfered box camera and iron fragment of tripod; camera has adjustable lens with brass casing and brass cap; two hinged doors on top open to reveal two compartments, each fitted with removable wooden frame.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1954.229ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
26197
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Daguerreotype camera
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Rosewood, brass, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 15.6 x 14.9 x 36.2 cm )
Description:
Rosewood box camera with chamfered corners and adjustable lens with brass casing and brass cap; two hinged doors on top open to reveal two rectangular compartments, each fitted with removable wooden frame; empty frame in forward compartment probably served as plateholder; frame in rear compartment holds ground glass onto which concentric outlines corresponding to various standard daguerreotype shapes and sizes have been traced in pencil.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1954.229a
Marks:
engraved: on brass lens casing: "No 1877 / C. C. Harrison / New York"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
26196
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Sundial
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 22.2 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Octagonal copper sundial with numerous engraved inscriptions, including: "Noli confidere noctrem," "Equation/Table for/Regulating Clocks" and time markings; also inscribed in center: "Chr Colles/42 Pearl Strt." Eight circular piercings around exterior and rectangular piercing in upper center. Gnomon missing.
Object Number:
X.115
Gallery Label:
This sundial is marked by Christopher Colles, a native of Ireland who emigrated to America in 1771 and was a skilled engineer and inventor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
24321
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Gauge w/screw clamp:pope Mfg.Co. Boston
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Brass, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 10.2 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Circular gauge with brass casing; white dial face with decimal markings from 0 to 100, with smaller, secondary dial marked with quarter markings; mounting device with two screws and adjustable bar.
Object Number:
INV.14318
Marks:
printed: on dial face: "THE POPE MF'G CO. / BOSTON."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
21814
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of coins in box
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 9 x 4 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 22.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Wooden box with hinged top and hook and eye closure; paper lined box; glued inside top is paper with an image of a hand lifting a coin scale; a description of different coin weights.
Credit Line:
Object Number:
INV.13781
Marks:
Printed: "The Standard/Weight of the following Coins"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
20653
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lensed instrument
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Wood, glass, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 3 x 1 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Spyglass with eye-piece attached to cylindrical metal tube (a) that slides into bell shaped wooden object tube (b).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
Object Number:
1940.854ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
19987
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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