Roller, pill
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL
- DATE
- 1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0054.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD & BRASS CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.8 cm
- Width
- 20.9 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 4.0 cm
- 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
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO CUT AND FORM PILLS. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF PILL ROLLER, ITEM USED IN 19TH C. PILL MASS OR MIXTURE OF INGREDIENTS WAS MIXED & FORMED WITH A MORTAR & PESTLE. THE MASS WAS REMOVED FROM THE MORTAR, AND WORKED BY HAND INTO A SHORT, CYLINDRICAL SHAPE, PLACED ON THE TRAY OF THE PILL MACHINE & ROLLED UNTIL ITS LENGTH CORRESPONDED TO THE NUMBER OF DIVISIONS ON THE PILL MAKING MACHINE. THE "PIPE" HAD TO BE OF UNIFORM DIAMETER, AND THE ENDS KEPT SQUARE. THE PIPE WAS THEN PLACED ON THE CUTTING SECTION & CUT INTO PIECES. THE PILLS WERE ROLLED UNDER A PILL FINISHER TO SMOOTH THEM. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Roller, pill, before 1929, Artifact no. 1983.0054, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1983.0054.001/
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