Pondus et Statera — 1897 Assay Balance Tee — Field Olive

Proverbs 16:11 & Malachi 3:3 • 1897 Gold & Silver Assay Balance

Pondus et Statera — 1897 Assay Balance Tee

$32.00Heavyweight Garment-Dyed • Field Olive • Size S
Edition MediumArchival Apparel Tee

“A just balance and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.” — Proverbs 16:11 (ESV) · “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD.” — Malachi 3:3 (ESV. Restored from Columbia University School of Mines professor Pierre de Peyster Ricketts’s 1897 treatise Notes on Assaying (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Fig. 2. Illustrates a high-precision short-beam gold and silver assay balance enclosed in its glass draft cabinet, detailing the trussed rider beam, knife-edge agate fulcrums, suspended weighing pans, and ivory pointer scale.

Historical Reference:Pierre de Peyster Ricketts & Edmund H. Miller, "Notes on Assaying, Fig. 2: Analytical Short-Beam Balance" (1897)
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1. Shirt WeightHeavyweight (6.1 oz)
2. Garment ColorField Olive
3. SizeS – 2XL (2XL +$2.00)
Heavyweight Garment-Dyed MeasurementsPre-Shrunk US Cotton

Relaxed boxy fit. 100% ring-spun US cotton (6.1 oz) with a topstitched classic-width rib collar and twill-taped neck and shoulders. Garment-dyed for virtually zero shrinkage.

SizeChest WidthBody Length
S 18.25"26.6"
M 20.25"28"
L 22"29.4"
XL 24"30.75"
2XL (+$2.00)26"31.6"
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