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OBJECT TYPE: solid/powder
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0903.001

MANUFACTURER: White, S.S. Dental Mfg. Co.
MODEL: Abrasive Powder
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 3270-G
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Round white glass container; black metal screw-top lid; buff-colour paper label bears black printed text. Contains silicon carbide.

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 3.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: 71.0
Diameter: 4.2 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: White Dental
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Vermont
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Used for grinding porcelain.
Technical: Part of a collection of chemicals and equipment used in the manufacture of dental fillings, moulds, bridgework and inlays.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Label on container reads "S.S. WHITE ABRASIVE POWDER/ SILICON CARBIDE/ GRIT No. 150/ The S.S. White Dental Mfg. C./ Philadelphia, Pa.", " For/ Articulating/ Dentures/ and/ Grinding/ Porcelain", "Made in U.S./ of America", company logo and "03270-G". "[?] 6355216".
Missing: Container appears complete; some contents possibly missing.
Finish: Round white glass container; black metal screw-top lid; buff-colour paper label bears black printed text. Contains silicon carbide.
Decoration: N/A

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White, S.S. Dental Mfg. Co., Chemical, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1980.0903, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0903.001/

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