Dental Flask
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Eli T. Starr, “Vulcanizing Flask for Dentists,” U.S. Patent 52,710 (Aug. 14, 1866), with an “ELI T. STARR” inscription. Eli Thompson Starr (1834-1904) was a dentist and inventor who spent many years in the employ of the S. S. White Dental Co.
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-04196
label: catalog number
content: M-04196
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 57,210
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flask, Vulcanizing
label: Object Name
content: flask, vulcanizing
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Flask, Vulcanizing; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 9.8425 cm x 8.255 cm