Specification of William Edward Newton : setting artificial teeth.

  • William Edward Newton
Date:
1862
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Credit: Specification of William Edward Newton : setting artificial teeth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Setting Artificial Teeth. LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of “ An Improvement in Setting Artificial Teeth.”—A com¬ munication from abroad by David Steinberg, of the City and County of San Francisco, United States of America. Sealed the 29th August 1862, and dated the 16th April 1862. PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th April 1862. I, William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, ^ in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ An Improvement in Setting Artificial Teeth,” to be as follows:— This Invention of an improvement in setting artificial teeth consists in combining the teeth with a gold, platinum, or other metallic plate by means ^ of india-rubber or other vulcanizable gum, whereby all soldering and rivetting, by which the plate is liable to be warped, is dispensed with; also the metal is prevented from oxydizing, and the gum, when vulcanized, is made to serve as a means of strengthening and preserving the form of the plate. The utility of the Invention is particularly enhanced, inasmuch as any and all kinds of
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