Dental Flask

Dental Flask

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Description
Patent model for Levi W. Dowlin, “Vulcanizing Flask for Dentists,” U.S. Patent 61,174 (Jan. 15, 1867). Dowlin lived in Sherbrooke, Canada.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
flask, patent model
dental device
Other Terms
Dentistry
date made
1867
Measurements
overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 6.985 cm x 9.525 cm x 7.9375 cm
ID Number
MG.291116.162
accession number
291116
patent number
61,174
catalog number
291116.162
Credit Line
Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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