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Weighing Instrument for Measuring Strength of Arm in Kilos, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company and G. Salter, c.1884

Inventory Number: 14646
Object Type: Object
Accession Number: 1937-19
Primary Inscriptions: "CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY G.SALTER" "KILOS"
Provenance: Transferred from the Department of Human Anatomy, Oxford, in 1937. Acquired for Oxford University (by Professor Arthur Thomson) from Francis Galton in 1895. Originally from Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory, London.
Collection Group: Galton Collection
Material(s): Metal
Copper Alloy
Wood
Leather
Dimensions:
Height Width Depth Diameter Unit
574 45 mm

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