Object Details
- Description
- Wood box with hinged lid and dividers, and inscription that reads “PROCEDE LIMOUSIN BTE S. C. D. G. / PARIS / PATENT-MEDICIN / OBLATE / SL.” The box contains: one rectangular wood plate with 12 perforations of various diameters and one round ceramic dish with felt pad inside; two wood reversible stamps with concave faces at each end and of differing diameters; two metal funnels of differing diameters. An embossed round metal embedded in wood plate reads: “Patent Number 216,197; Patented June 3, 1879; Application filed April 16, 1879.”
- Stanislaus Limousin (1831-1887) was a French pharmacist and inventor.
- Ref: Stanilaus A. A. Limousin, “Improvement in Processes of Capsuling Medicaments,” U. S. Patent 173,226 (Feb. 8, 1876).
- Stanislaus Limousin, “Improvement in Apparatus for Capsuling Medicaments,” U.S. Patent 216,197 (June 3, 1879).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Limousin and Company
- inventor
- Limousin, Stanislas
- Date made
- 1879
- patent date
- 1879-06-03
- Physical Description
- metal (?? material)
- wood (parts(6) material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.5 cm x 26 cm x 23.7 cm; 2 3/16 in x 10 1/4 in x 9 5/16 in
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in x 9 in; 5.715 cm x 26.035 cm x 22.86 cm
- Object Name
- Cachet Apparatus
- cachet apparatus, patent model
