Dental Handpiece
name: label: maker
content: S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Dental handpiece with inscription that reads “Pat’d Nov. 16, 1875, Jany 22, 78, Nov. 20, 1877, Jan. 29, 78.”
label: Description
content: Ref: John W. Gilbert, “Improvement in Hand Pieces for Dental Engines,” U.S. Patent 199,431 (Jan. 22, 1878), assigned to Samuel S. White.
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 Penwalt Corporation, S.S. White Division
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0752.42
label: accession number
content: 1981.0752
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0752.42
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Handpiece, Dental
label: Object Name
content: handpiece
label: Other Terms
content: Handpiece, Dental; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 5/8 in x 5 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 1.5875 cm x 14.9225 cm