Dental Flask
notes: label: Description
content: This is probably the patent model for William E. Buckman, “Improvement in Dental Flasks,” U.S. Patent 180,193 (July 25, 1876). The “William Ely Buckman” inscription on the bottom refers to a dentist in Easton, Pa.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.291116.173
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flasks and investment rings
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 in x 5 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 10.16 cm x 13.335 cm