Dental Mallet
Dental Mallet
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- Description
- Patent model for Robert H. Antes, “Automatic Dental Mallet,” U.S, Patent 242,853 (June 14, 1881). Antes (1838-1911) was a graduate of Williams College and the Philadelphia College of Dentistry, who established a dental practice in Geneseo, Il.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Plugger, Automatic
- plugger, automatic, patent model
- mallet, automatic, patent model
- dental instrument
- Other Terms
- Plugger, Automatic; Dentistry
- Measurements
- overall: 7.5 cm x 1.7 cm x 24 cm; 2 15/16 in x 11/16 in x 9 7/16 in
- overall: 5/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 23.495 cm x 6.6675 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-04274
- catalog number
- M-04274
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 242,853
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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