Bicycle Seat
notes: label: Description
content: The “88 / Gauthier Brevete S. G. D. G. / 11 75 / Rilsan” inscription indicates that this black bicycle seat is made of Rilsan, a plastic substance derived from castor beans. Organico, a small French chemical firm, obtained a patent on the substance in 1947. In 1949, this substance, a Polyamide 11, was brought to market as Rilsan 11.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0538.13
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0538.13
label: accession number
content: 1983.0538
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bicycle seat
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 6 in x 11 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 15.24 cm x 29.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 76 mm x 152 mm x 267 mm; 3 in x 6 in x 10 1/2 in