Pill making machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0410.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3804
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BODY/ BRASS TOP & LEGS/ PLASTIC UNDERNEATH MACHINE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 63.0 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Height
- 7.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Pharmacology
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED IN AGRICULTURE CANADA ANIMAL DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEPEAN, ON. - Function
-
USED TO MANUFACTURE PILLS OR TABLETS, A ROUND OR OVAL SHAPED TO BE SWALLOWED. THE MASS IS TAKEN FROM MORTAR OR TILE AS COMPLETELY AS POSSIBLE AND WORKED IN THE HANDS INTO A SHORT CYLINDER, THEN BY MEANS OF A BROAD SPATULA OR WOODEN ROLLER IT IS ROLLED ON THE TILE OR PILL MACHINE UNTIL ITS LENGTH CORRESPONDS TO THE NUMBER OF DIVISIONS UPON THE TILE OR MACHINE REPRESENTING THE NUMBER OF PILLS TO BE MADE. - Technical
-
EARLY, MANUAL PILL MAKING DEVICE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SN STAMPED IN BASE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LAQUERED WOOD/ RAISED HORIZONTAL LINES IN BRASS/ OPAQUE PLASTIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Pill making machine, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0410, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0410.001/
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