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- Pestle, Used by Luther Burbank, circa 1910 - Famous plant breeder Luther Burbank (1849-1926) likely used this wooden pestle with a mortar to grind a selection of saved seeds to determine their quality. This helped breeders anticipate the rate at which seeds saved from one year's crop would germinate during the next growing season. Today plant geneticists may use a mortar and pestle to grind plant tissue to extract DNA.
- circa 1910
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Pestle, Used by Luther Burbank, circa 1910
Famous plant breeder Luther Burbank (1849-1926) likely used this wooden pestle with a mortar to grind a selection of saved seeds to determine their quality. This helped breeders anticipate the rate at which seeds saved from one year's crop would germinate during the next growing season. Today plant geneticists may use a mortar and pestle to grind plant tissue to extract DNA.
- Pestle, 1880-1920 - Late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century shoemakers turned pieces of leather into footwear. These craftspeople used a wide range of specialized tools to measure, cut, shape, stitch, trim, finish, and decorate their handiwork. Their tools included a variety of knives, hammers, punches, clamps, awls, and polishers and burnishers. Though these tools seem highly specialized, shoemakers were always adapting, using whatever tools were at hand to make shoes.
- 1880-1920
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Pestle, 1880-1920
Late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century shoemakers turned pieces of leather into footwear. These craftspeople used a wide range of specialized tools to measure, cut, shape, stitch, trim, finish, and decorate their handiwork. Their tools included a variety of knives, hammers, punches, clamps, awls, and polishers and burnishers. Though these tools seem highly specialized, shoemakers were always adapting, using whatever tools were at hand to make shoes.
- Pestle, circa 1920 - Veterinarians used a mortar and pestle to crush, grind, and blend medicines into a powder or paste. Creating powdered medicine from solid tablets and dissolving it in liquids helped veterinarians administer medicine easily and safely so it acted quickly. This pestle belonged to C. M. Clothier, a veterinary doctor from Jackson, Michigan
- circa 1920
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Pestle, circa 1920
Veterinarians used a mortar and pestle to crush, grind, and blend medicines into a powder or paste. Creating powdered medicine from solid tablets and dissolving it in liquids helped veterinarians administer medicine easily and safely so it acted quickly. This pestle belonged to C. M. Clothier, a veterinary doctor from Jackson, Michigan
- Pestle, circa 1900 - Veterinarians used a mortar and pestle to crush, grind, and blend medicines into a powder or paste. Creating powdered medicine from solid tablets and dissolving it in liquids helped veterinarians administer medicine easily and safely so it acted quickly. This mortar and pestle belonged to Hazen Atkins, a veterinary doctor from Clarkston, Michigan.
- circa 1900
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Pestle, circa 1900
Veterinarians used a mortar and pestle to crush, grind, and blend medicines into a powder or paste. Creating powdered medicine from solid tablets and dissolving it in liquids helped veterinarians administer medicine easily and safely so it acted quickly. This mortar and pestle belonged to Hazen Atkins, a veterinary doctor from Clarkston, Michigan.
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Mortar and Pestle, 1700-1850
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Pestle
- Pestle, circa 1910 - Veterinarians used a mortar and pestle to crush, grind, and blend medicines into a powder or paste. Creating powdered medicine from solid tablets and dissolving it in liquids helped veterinarians administer medicine easily and safely so it acted quickly. This mortar and pestle belonged to M. C. Bigelow, a veterinary doctor from Flushing, Michigan.
- circa 1910
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Pestle, circa 1910
Veterinarians used a mortar and pestle to crush, grind, and blend medicines into a powder or paste. Creating powdered medicine from solid tablets and dissolving it in liquids helped veterinarians administer medicine easily and safely so it acted quickly. This mortar and pestle belonged to M. C. Bigelow, a veterinary doctor from Flushing, Michigan.