Gold Foil
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the wooden box reads “Gold Foil / for / Dentists’ Use / George J. Pack / New York.” George J. Pack was a graduate of the New York College of Dentistry.
label: Description
content: Ref: George J. Pack, “Improvement in Dental Gold,” U.S. Patent 179,423 (July 4, 1876).
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 Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.276
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.276
label: patent number
content: 179,423
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gold foil
label: Object Name
content: dental device
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 8.5725 cm x 6.35 cm