Vulcanizer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
label: date(s) of previous ownership
content: 1985 12 05
notes: label: Description
content: Vulcanizers were used to harden rubber by means of sulfur and heat. The "Dr. B. T. Whitney, Buffalo, N.Y." inscription on this example refers to Benjah T. Whitney (1813-1869), a physician, dentist, and founding partner of the Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Co.
label: Description
content: Ref: S. S. White Co. advertisement for Whitney’s Vulcanizing Machine, in The Dental Advertiser (1869): 111.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
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: 1985.0972.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0972
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0972.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vulcanizer
label: Other Terms
content: Vulcanizer; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 cm x 12 cm; 11 13/16 in x 4 23/32 in