Pill making machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TABLET TRITURATE MOULD
- DATE
- 1920–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0409.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Colton, A. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL MACHINE/ WOOD HANDLES/ LARGE SPRING IN MIDDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 14.5 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
- Colton
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Detroit
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 MEDICATED MASS TO BE SWALLOWED. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVING ON TOP READS 'A. CO [ILLEGIBLE]/ DETROIT' (PROBABLY A. COLTON)
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- NICKEL PLATED MACHINE/ NATURAL WOOD
- Decoration
- ENGRAVED SUN UNDER MFG NAME AND ON PERFORATED PLATES.
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Colton, A. Co., Pill making machine, circa 1920–1945, Artifact no. 1987.0409, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0409.001/
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