Mold for Plate for Artificial Teeth

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Description:

Patent model for Levi Gilbert, “Plate for Artificial Teeth,” U.S. Patent 5447 (Feb. 15, 1848). An inscription reads “LEVI GILBERT.” Levi Gilbert was a confectioner in New Haven, Ct., who had the idea of using atmospheric pressure to help hold the plate in place.

Ref: Letter from Levi Gilbert, dated Aug. 18, 1861, reprinted in The Dental Cosmos 3 (1862): 178-179.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.291116.163Accession Number: 291116Patent Number: 5,447Catalog Number: 291116.163

Object Name: die and counter die, patent modeldental device

Measurements: overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.255 cmoverall: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.5725 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4207-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1401866

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