Spring Lancet
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
label: associated dates
content: 1857 01 27 / 1857 01 27
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for James W. W. Gordon, “Spring-Lancet,” U.S. Patent 16,479 (Jan. 27, 1857). Gordon lived in Catonsville, Md.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States
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: MG.M-04298
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: M-04298
label: patent number
content: 16,479
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spring lancet
label: Object Name
content: Lancet
label: Object Name
content: spring lancet, patent model
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet; Bloodletting Instruments; Spring
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.2 cm x 3.2 cm x 1.8 cm; 2 1/16 in x 1 1/4 in x 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 2 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.4925 cm