Patent Model - Platform-Scale
Maker and role
Thaddeus Fairbanks (b.1796, d.1886), Patentee
Production date
Nov 20 1849
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
7 1/2 x 12 x 9" (19.1 x 30.5 x 22.9cm)
Description
Fairbanks's patent incorporated a secondary platform with spring blocks, which were meant to "relieve the knife edges or bearings of the weighing levers from the destructive effects of concussion produced by throwing heavy bars of iron or ponderable bodies on the scale." (Patent Number 6,895)
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Object number
2015.14.76a-e
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