Open brass mould

Maker
Henry Forman Atkinson (b.1912, d.2016)
Date
Circa 1955
 Description
Upper and lower sections missing. Used from 1955 to 1970. Made for producing tensile test specimens to compare with the Australian Standards for acrylic denture resins. In 1953 and onwards it was not thought possible that dental materials could be tested except at and by the Bureau. This and subsequent moulds were made for use in the Department of Dental Prosthetics, The University of Melbourne, in teaching.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 1955
Accession Number
HFA876
Object Type
prostheses
teaching materials/teaching notes
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category
Research
Museum
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

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