Oil Stone
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the lid of the box reads “NORTON ABRASIVES / SOFT ARKANSAS / OILSTONE / BEHR-MANNING, TROY, N.Y., U.S.A. . . OF NORTON COMPANY”. The Behr-Manning Corp. of Troy, N.Y. merged with the Norton Co. of Worcester, Ma., in 1931.
label: Description
content: Ref: Notice of Arkansas oilstones suitable for sharpening pens, pencils, and needle points, in W. & L. E. Gurley, A Manual of the Principal Instruments Used In American Engineering and Surveying (Troy, N.Y., 1910), p. 473.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frances G. Meltzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0367.11
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0367.11
label: accession number
content: 1990.0367
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oil stone
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - box: 1 in x 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm