Object Details
- Description
- Patent model for Luke A. Plumb, “Improved Composite Amalgam for Filling Teeth,” U.S. Patent 104,879 (June 28, 1870). Plumb was a dentist in Boston, Mass.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
- Measurements
- overall, bottle, as stored with card: 2 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 8.255 cm x 7.62 cm
- overall, extraneous pieces, as stored: 1 1/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 in; 2.8575 cm x 9.525 cm x 10.16 cm
- Object Name
- amalgam, set, composition, tooth, patent model
- amalgam set
