Dental Plugger
notes: label: Description
content: Dental plugger with a “Patented / June 27th 1876 / Jan. 23rd 1877 / Jan. 30th 1877” inscription. The inventor, known variously as Courtland or Courlen King (1826-1897), was a dentist in Pittsburg, Pa.
label: Description
content: Ref: Courtlen King, “Improvement in Dental Pluggers,” U.S. Patent 179,201 (June 27, 1876).
label: Description
content: Courtlen King, “Improvement in Dental Pluggers,” U.S. Patent 186,580 (Jan. 23, 1877).
label: Description
content: Courtlen King, “Improvement in Dental Pluggers,” U.S. Patent 186,680 (Jan. 30, 1877).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN82849U28
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plugger, Dental
label: Object Name
content: plugger, mechanical
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Plugger, Dental; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 6 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 15.24 cm x 4.445 cm