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Narratives

Two types of balance

An equal-arm balance [1] of the type used by a jeweller or an apothecary, in its original shagreen case, and an unusual example of a steelyard [2], made by John Rowley.

Other narratives:

  • Inventory no. 30755 - Former Display Label
  • Former Display Label - The Orrery Collection of Scientific Instruments
  • Former Display Label - The Principal Makers of Instruments in the Orrery Collection
  • Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory
  • Orrery Collection in print
  • Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925

Related Objects:

  • Inventory No. 30755, "Pocket Balance, English?, Early 18th Century" [1925-43]
  • Inventory No. 20028, "Steelyard, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
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