Tablet Press
date: label: Date made
content: c.1895
name: label: maker
content: Whitall, Tatum and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Large tablet press with inscriptions that read “J. A. Mc Ferran-Philadelphia” and “March 31, '01.” Joseph A. McFerran (1827-1910) was a physician in Philadelphia.
label: Description
content: Ref: Joseph A. McFerran, “Pill-Machine,” U.S. Patent “Pill-Machine,” U.S. Patent 449,424 (March 31, 1901).
label: Description
content: Joseph A. McFerran, "Improvement in Molds for Pills," U.S. Patent 177,866 (May 23, 1876).
label: Description
content: Joseph A. McFerran, "Improvement in Feeding Devices for Pill Machines," U.S. Patent 177,867 (May 23, 1876).
label: Description
content: Joseph P. Remington, The Practice of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, 1892), pp. 1117-1118.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06801
label: catalog number
content: M-06801
label: accession number
content: 204622
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tablet Press
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.8 cm x 10 cm x 17.6 cm; 10 3/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 6 15/16 in