Drug Mixer and Sifter
notes: label: Description
content: Inscriptions on this item read “M. J. JONES / INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER / PENN YAN, N.Y.” and “JONES / EXCELSIOR / DRUG & BAKING POWDER / MIXER & SIFTER / PATENTED MAY 17TH 1887.” Marcenus J. Jones (1849-1918) was a pharmacist who later lived in Rochester, N.Y.
label: Description
content: Ref: Marcenus J. Jones, “Drug-Mixing Machine,” U.S. Patent 362,971 (May 17, 1887).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10813
label: accession number
content: 254352
label: catalog number
content: M-10813
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drug Mixer and Sifter
label: Other Terms
content: Drug Mixer and Sifter; Manufacturing and Dispensing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 49 cm x 51 cm x 23.3 cm; 19 9/32 in x 20 3/32 in x 9 3/16 in