Vulcanizer
notes: label: Description
content: The torn tag suggests that this was the patent model for George E. Hayes, “Improved Vulcanizing Vessel for Dentists’ Use,” U.S. Patent 53,612 (April 3, 1866). George Hayes (1796-1882), a pharmacist and dentist in Buffalo, N.Y., was said to have been “among the first, if not the very first, to use porcelain for artificial teeth in this country.” He was also a founder of what became the Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Company.
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.291116.166
label: patent number
content: 53,612
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.166
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vulcanizer, patent model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 6 in x 6 in; 19.05 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm