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OBJECT TYPE: solid
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0935.001

MANUFACTURER: Cleveland Dental Mfg. Co.
MODEL: Copper Amalgam
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio, 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: Heavy paper box containing amalgam is off-white/ light grey in colour; bears blue printed text on paper labels/covering applied to box. NB: High copper amalgam contains mercury. Box and contents have been stored in clear glass jar with black synthetic screw cap by CSTMC Conservation [June, 2015]

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: 10.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: 33.38
Diameter: 5.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Cleveland
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Ohio
City: Cleveland

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Vermont
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Used to provide a strong, hard, durable dental filling.
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: "One Ounce/ Copper Amalgam/ Made in U.S.A./ [CLEV-DENT logo]/ The Cleveland Dental Mfg. Co./ Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A." printed on box front; READ CAREFULLY/ Place the amalgam in the small/ spoon, grasp the handle with/ pliers and heat very gently. Re-/ move from the flame to the/ mortar the moment that small/ globules of mercury appear in/ the surface./ Do not heat suddenly or too hot" printed on reverse."1 oz. copper" printed on one short end panel.
Missing: Unknown
Finish: Heavy paper box containing amalgam is off-white/ light grey in colour; bears blue printed text on paper labels/covering applied to box. NB: High copper amalgam contains mercury. Box and contents have been stored in clear glass jar with black synthetic screw cap by CSTMC Conservation [June, 2015]
Decoration: N/A

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Cleveland Dental Mfg. Co., Chemical, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1980.0935, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0935.001/

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