Surgical Chisel
notes: label: Description
content: Surgical chisel with a “LANGBEIN” inscription. Charles Langbein, probably a German immigrant, was working as a cutler in New York City by 1870. William Langbein & Bros., successors to Chas. Langbein, was in business by 1920.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Old-Established Grinding Concern Now Operates Modern Cutlery Factory in Brooklyn,” American Cutler (October 1919): 38.
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 The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.402
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chisel
label: Other Terms
content: Chisel; Cutting Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 19 cm x 2.1 cm x .9 cm; 7 1/2 in x 13/16 in x 3/8 in