Capsule Filler
notes: label: Description
content: Louis K. Eastman (1851-1918) was a Detroit druggist who in 1898, with a patent for a capsule filling machine in hand, established The Eastman Capsule Filler Co. By 1915, that firm had become the Eastman Dispensing Apparatus Co.
label: Description
content: Ref: Louis K. Eastman, “Capsule-Machine,” U.S. Patent 581,703 (May 4, 1897).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12873
label: catalog number
content: M-12873
label: accession number
content: 287162
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Eastman Capsule Filler
label: Object Name
content: capsule filler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (parts(7) material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (part(1) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 9/16 in x 10 1/4 in x 5 in; 21.74875 cm x 26.035 cm x 12.7 cm