steelyard-case;
abacus
- Museum number
- As,SLMisc.552.b
- Description
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Guitar-shaped steelyard-case made of wood (comprising 2 leaves on brass hinge, with leather tie); upper leaf has an abacus inset (with metal beads and rods).
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.40 centimetres
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Weight: 139 grammes
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Width: 26.70 centimetres
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Depth: 7 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one.
Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 552 "552. A pair of Chinese Scales with its weights & an abacus upon it."
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Contain(s)/ed As,SL.552.a
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As,SLMisc.552.b
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1753D10.552b (old CDMS no.)
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Sloane Miscellanea Catalogue number: 522 (Miscellanies)