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Accurately measuring out ingredients for medical treatments is vital to ensure the patient takes the correct dosage. If incorrect the dosages can be lethal. Enclosed by a wooden glass and ivory case, this brass and steel balance was designed by Ludwig Oertling. He had settled in London from Germany in the early 1840s and his firm became the leading manufacturer of balances in Britain. Oertling’s balances were also used in scientific research and chemical analysis. maker: L Oertling Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Wellcome Images |
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Short title | L0058879 Balance, London, England, 1860-1880 |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0058879 Balance, London, England, 1860-1880 |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0058879 Balance, London, England, 1860-1880
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Accurately measuring out ingredients for medical treatments is vital to ensure the patient takes the correct dosage. If incorrect the dosages can be lethal. Enclosed by a wooden glass and ivory case, this brass and steel balance was designed by Ludwig Oertling. He had settled in London from Germany in the early 1840s and his firm became the leading manufacturer of balances in Britain. Oertling’s balances were also used in scientific research and chemical analysis. maker: L Oertling Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom made: 1860-1880 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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