Vulcanizer
notes: label: Description
content: Celluloid was invented in 1868 and, for a while, used as a base for dentures. Vulcanizers of this sort were used to mold the celluloid. This example was associated with Dr. Jacob Sharp, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry.
label: Description
content: Ref: The S. S. White Dental Co., Vulcanizers, Celluloid Press, and Accessories (Philadelphia, 1894).
label: Description
content: John W. Hyatt, Jr. and Isaiah S. Hyatt, “Improvement in Treating and Molding Pyrolyline,” U.S. Patent 105,338 (July 12, 1870); reissued in 1874.
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 University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-08954
label: accession number
content: 218383
label: patent number
content: 152,232
label: catalog number
content: M-08954
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vulcanizer, celluloid, patent model
label: Object Name
content: Heater, Cellophane
label: Object Name
content: vulcanizer, celluloid,
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x .4 cm x 36.5 cm; 3/8 in x 3/16 in x 14 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 42.545 cm x 27.305 cm x 24.13 cm