Dental Plugger

Dental Plugger

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Description
Patent model for George W. Levin, “Plugger,” U.S. Patent 166,710 (September 17, 1875); half rights assigned to John S. Swartley. Both men lived in Chicago.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Plugger, Automatic, Levin and Swartley
plugger, automatic, levin and swartley, patent model
dental instrument
Other Terms
Plugger, Automatic, Levin and Swartley; Dentistry
Measurements
overall: 24.8 cm x 7.5 cm x 3 cm; 9 3/4 in x 2 15/16 in x 1 3/16 in
overall: 1 1/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 24.4475 cm x 3.81 cm
ID Number
MG.M-04244
catalog number
M-04244
accession number
89797
patent number
166,710
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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