Dental Calipers
name: label: maker
content: Revere, Paul
notes: label: Description
content: Alfred W. Chandler, the donor of these dental calipers, believed they were made and used by Paul Revere. Chandler (1890-1978) was a dentist who spent his career with the U.S. Navy, rising eventually to the rank of Rear Admiral. A recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the Navy in 1917, a week after the United States joined World War I. He attended the first dental officer class at the Naval Dental School in 1923. He served as the Chief of the United States Navy Dental Corps from 1946 to 1948, and as dentist to several American presidents.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rear Admiral Alfred W. Chandler, D.C., USN (Ret.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10460
label: catalog number
content: M-10460
label: accession number
content: 249413
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calipers
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 4.1275 cm x 8.255 cm x 1.27 cm