Dental Engine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description
content: Bolivar J. Quattlebaum (1849-1905) was a graduate of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery who practiced in Williston, S.C. This is the patent model for his “Portable Dental Engine,” U.S. Patent 236,080 (December 28, 1880).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Patent Models
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.181
label: patent number
content: 236080
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.181
objectType: label: Object Name
content: portable dental engine
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 12.065 cm x 6.985 cm