Wax Eliminator
notes: label: Description
content: This device was designed to remove every bit of wax from a dental inlay mold. A label reads in part “KNAPP’S / WAX ELIMINATOR / . . . / ST. PAUL, MINN.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Karl W. Knapp and Walter G. Holmes, “Heating Device,” U.S. Patent 1,401,793 (Dec. 27, 1921), assigned to M. F. Patterson Dental Supply Co.
label: Description
content: M. F. Patterson Dental Supply Co., A Standardized Inlay Technique (St. Paul, 19xx).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.291116.168
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.168
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wax Eliminator
label: Object Name
content: Knaoo Wax Eliminator
label: Other Terms
content: Wax Eliminator; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 16.51 cm