Dental Floss Carrier
Dental Floss Carrier
- Description
- Patent model for Alfred P. Merrill, “Dental Floss Carrier,” U.S. Patent 213,997 (April 8, 1879). Alfred P. Merrill was a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College who practiced in New York City.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- floss carrier, patent model
- dental device
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/8 in x 5/8 in; x 8.5725 cm x 1.5875 cm
- ID Number
- MG.291116.224
- accession number
- 291116
- patent number
- 213,997
- catalog number
- 291116.224
- Credit Line
- Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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