Dental Mallet
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the case holding this dental mallet reads “BOSWORTH / UNIVERSAL MALLET.” Martin L. Bosworth (1852-1916) was an inventive dentist in Warren, Rhode Island.
label: Description
content: Ref: Martin L. Bosworth, “Dental Mallet,” U.S. Patent 465,337 (Dec. 15, 1891).
label: Description
content: Martin L. Bosworth, “Dental Mallet,” U.S. Patent 548,602 (Oct. 22, 1895).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0033.01
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0033.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0033
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mallet, universal, set
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument, set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 19.05 cm x 8.255 cm