Dental Plate and Teeth
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Marcellus Newton, “Improvement in Modes of Attaching Pyroxyline Base to Artificial Teeth,” U.S. Patent 125,979 (April 22, 1872). Marcellus Newton was a dentist in Boston.
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.291116.103
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 125979
label: catalog number
content: 291116.103
objectType: label: Object Name
content: casting plate
label: Object Name
content: dental demonstration piece, patent model
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 7/8 in x 1/2 in; .635 cm x 2.2225 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 1/2 in x 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 1.27 cm x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: envelope: 3 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 7.9375 cm x 13.97 cm