1960s Antique Balance Beam Gram Scale Welch Scientific Company Vintage WORKS

Description

1960s Antique Balance Beam Gram Scale Welch Scientific Company Vintage WORKS!
Made In The USA.
This is a wonderful Antique Welch Scientific Company Scale from the very early 1960' or late 1950s. This scale is from before Welch changed their name to Sargent-Welch Scientific Company in 1968. Metal tag says “The Welch Scientific Company…Established 1880...1515 Sedgwick St....Chicago U.S.A. It measures 13 3/4” long and is 8” tall. This scale weighs up to 210 Grams. I calibrated the scale using a 50 gram weight and it was dead on (See Photos). It is in working condition. May need recalibration after shipping which is very easy to do using the balancing wheel weights located between the plates.
Made By:
The Welch Scientific Company, 1515 Sedgwick St., Chicago, IL [Old Town] USA
Item Documentation
Maker:
The Welch Scientific Company
Item:
Scientific Balance Beam Gram Scale
Creation Date:
Early 1960s
Item Dimensions: Length:
13 3/4”, Height: 8”, Width: 6”, Weight: 4 lbs
Note:
Item Works As Designed, No Missing Parts.
Condition:
Excellent, In working condition, Calibrated scale using a 50 gram weight and it was dead on (See Photos).
History:
1880 in a one-room country school in Maquoketa, Iowa, W.M. Welch, a 24 year-old school superintendent, was struggling with the inadequacies of school record keeping systems. it was then that he embarked on one of his first commercial ventures - the development of the nation's first system of awards for school attendance and scholarship including elementary school diplomas. in 1906 welch moved to Chicago and incorporated the w.m. welch manufacturing company. four years later, welch acquired the Edward p. martin company - a manufacturer of science education products - and gradually developed proprietary products for physics, chemistry and biology education. with the 1957 launching of sputnik and the 1958 enactment of the national defense education act, federal funds began flowing into the nation's schools at an increasing rate. w.m. welch manufacturing company sales increased dramatically. in 1960, welch changed its name to the welch scientific company, moved its headquarters to skokie, Illinois and offered its stock to the public the following year. In 1968, e. h. Sargent company and the welch scientific company merged under the name Sargent-welch scientific company, thereby forming one of the nation's leading suppliers of science education products until 1989.
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