Scale. Equal arm balance; wooden scale base with central drawer and large brass insert for attaching central scale column to base, along with an additional brass adjustment dial; scale column, separate scale indicator, and single pan support found in drawer. Includes manufacturer markings: "WHITALL, TATUM & Co, -- NEW YORK. * PHILADELPHIA."
Contributor:
Whitall Tatum Company (Millville, New Jersey)
Created:
1890?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Tablet machine. Lever-type tablet machine made from iron; painted black with gold decorations; large lever brings down compression rod onto a small, elevated platform where the compression dies is located; pieces fitted together with copper bolts and screws. Tablets or compressed pills were a mid-19th century innovation introduced by English inv...
Contributor:
Whitall Tatum Company (Millville, New Jersey)
Created:
1895?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Thermometer. Black leather case with cap that slides on; glass and mercury thermometer with the mercury-containing end bent double so that it is parallel to the rest of the thermometer body; graduated scale up to 110 degrees Celsius. Includes manufacturer markings "Whitall Tatum & Co. Pat. June 2985." Whitall, Tatum & Co.'s price list from 1886 ...
Contributor:
Whitall Tatum Company (Millville, New Jersey)
Created:
1886?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Suppository machine. Cast iron machine painted black; piston operated with a large lever handle at top of the machine; piston presses into a small funnel with brass insert; below funnel is a brass, two piece rectangular mold with concave indents for 3 suppositories; mold has a T-shaped handle on one side; mold is secured in the machine with the...
Contributor:
Whitall Tatum Company (Millville, New Jersey)
Created:
1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Pencil drawing of White Ash tree. Study for tree later used in Victor H. Cahalane, "The Mammals of North America" (1946), in the entry on "Beaver," page 453.