Dental Amalgam
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Luke A. Plumb, “Improved Composite Amalgam for Filling Teeth,” U.S. Patent 104,879 (June 28, 1870). Plumb was a dentist in Boston, Mass.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.318
label: patent number
content: 104,879
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 104879
label: catalog number
content: 291116.318
objectType: label: Object Name
content: amalgam, set, composition, tooth, patent model
label: Object Name
content: amalgam set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle, as stored with card: 2 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 8.255 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, extraneous pieces, as stored: 1 1/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 in; 2.8575 cm x 9.525 cm x 10.16 cm