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OBJECT TYPE: PIVOT/ANALYTICAL/DENTAL
DATE: 1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0081.001

MANUFACTURER: Kerr Dental Mfg. Co.
MODEL: AUTOMATIC
LOCATION: Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 31.5 cm
Width: 6.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Dentistry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Kerr
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
City: Detroit

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Vermont
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO OBTAIN PROPER QUANTITIES OF INVESTMENT & CONTROL POWDER FOR USE IN PREPARING DENTAL COMPOUND.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF KERR'S SPECIALIZED BALANCE DESIGNED FOR USE WITH PHILLIPS'S CONTROL TECHNIQUE OF DENTAL CASTING. THE SCALE WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE PROPER RATIO OF INVESTMENT & CONTROL POWDER, FOR EVERY INVESTING TEMPERATURE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Panel on balance beam contains variety of directions and markings: reads in part " KERR/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ AUTOMATIC SCALE/ DR. DAVID W. PHILLIPS' U.S.A. PAT. NO. 2011649/ FOR USE WITH/ KERR CRISTOBALITE INLAY/ INVESTMENT", " WEIGH/ WATER & CRISTOBALITE/ ON THIS SIDE " and " WEIGH/ CONTROL POWDER/ ON THIS SIDE ".
Missing: PIVOT & 2 CUPS.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Kerr Dental Mfg. Co., Balance, 1935, Artifact no. 1980.0081, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0081.001/

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