Object Details
- Description
- Bolivar J. Quattlebaum (1849-1905) was a graduate of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery who practiced in Williston, S.C. This is the patent model for his “Portable Dental Engine,” U.S. Patent 236,080 (December 28, 1880).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1880
- Credit Line
- Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 12.065 cm x 6.985 cm
- Object Name
- portable dental engine
- Other Terms
- Dentistry
