Dental Drill
notes: label: Description
content: George Fellows Harrington was a British dentist who, in 1864, obtained a British patent for a dental drill run by a clockwork. Harrington termed his device the “Erado” (Latin for “I scrape out”). The inscription on this example reads“HARRINGTON PATENT / NO. 130.”
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 the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09507
label: catalog number
content: M-09507
label: accession number
content: 232230
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drill, Automatic, Harrington's
label: Object Name
content: drill
label: Object Name
content: dental engine
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Drill, Automatic, Harrington's; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, engine: 2 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 19.685 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 3 1/4 in x 4 7/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 12.3825 cm x 13.335 cm