Mouth Meter (part)
name: label: maker
content: Von Bonhorst, C.
notes: label: Description
content: This seems to be a small part of the patent model for C. Von Bonhorst, “Improved Dental Mouth-Meter,” U.S. Patent 90,705 (May 1, 1869 / antedated May 15, 1869). Charles G. Von Bonhorst (b. 1820) was a dentist in Lancaster, Ohio, who moved to California in 1883.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04218
label: catalog number
content: M-04218
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 90,705
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calipers and dentimeters
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 1 5/8 in x 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 4.1275 cm x .9525 cm