Blowpipe and Furnace
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This self-acting blowpipe was invented by dentist Jahiel Parmly a cousin of Dr. Eleazar Parmly with whom he apprenticed and assisted in his dental practice from about 1830 to 1840. The furnace is a tin box with a rounded hinged lid with a brass bale handle, and a hinged wall in the front. The back of the furnace has a row of circular vents. Inside the tin case two reservoirs for alcohol sit above and below a copper globe. It is also equipped with two burners, and each has its own extinguisher. The blowpipe and furnace were used for heating a piece of work before soldering and for melting metals for castings.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Dentistry
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content: Medicine and Science: Dentistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Suzanne Parmly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0248.03
label: accession number
content: 2014.0248
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0248.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Blowpipe and Furnace
label: Object Name
content: Furnace
label: Object Name
content: Amalgsm Carrier
label: Object Name
content: Amalgam Carrier
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 cm x 26 cm x 20 cm; 13 in x 10 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in