Dental Drill
notes: label: Description
content: George F. Green (1832-1892), a resident of Kalamazoo, Mich., invented the first pneumatic dental drill operated by means of compressed air. This example has an “E. R. E. Carpenter / Sole Agent / Chicago, Ill. / Pat. Apr. 28, 1868 / No. 205” inscription. E. R. E. Carpenter (1832-1891) was a dentist in Chicago.
label: Description
content: Ref: George F. Green, “Pneumatic Tooth Burr and Drill,” U.S. Patent 77,370 (April 28, 1868).
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 University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-08479
label: catalog number
content: M-08479
label: accession number
content: 218383
label: patent number
content: 205
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drill, Pneumatic, Green's
label: Object Name
content: drill, pneumatic, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Drill, Pneumatic, Green's; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 7.9375 cm x 6.0325 cm x 19.05 cm