Electro-Magnetic Dental Mallet
Electro-Magnetic Dental Mallet
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- Description
- William Gibson Arlington Bonwill (1833-1899) was a graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery and the Jefferson Medical College, who practiced dentistry in Dover, Del., and invented several dental instruments. A tag on this example reads "First Electromagnetic mallet made by Dr. Bonwill at Dover, Del., 1870."
- Ref: “Dr. W. G. A. Bonwill,” The Dental Digest 5 (1899): 766-768.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Mallet, Electro-Magnetic
- Other Terms
- Mallet, Electro-Magnetic; Dentistry
- maker
- S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Measurements
- overall: 14.2 cm x 2.8 cm x 1.3 cm; 5 9/16 in x 1 1/8 in x 1/2 in
- overall: 1.8 cm x 14.2 cm x 1.1 cm; 11/16 in x 5 9/16 in x 7/16 in
- ID Number
- MG.M-08743
- catalog number
- M-08743
- accession number
- 218383
- Credit Line
- Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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