Weight, which is a flat, rectangular thick piece of metal.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned by Jack Willson
Material
metal: brown
Inscriptions
Text is engraved on both sides; on one side, it reads, "2 // Scruple"; on the other side there is a weight symbol, resembling a cursive "F" and a "y" with an umlaut (see accession sheet for sketch).
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F8-2
Dimension Notes
Length 0.9 cm x Width 1.1 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Has several spots of green corrosion and a brownish tarnish overall.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Scientific Instruments JC-141," Central Scientific Company of Canada Ltd., 1942, p. 40 (similar to item 8910); "Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary," 25th ed., W.B. Saunders Co., 1974, p. 1731