- Jean Alexandre LeMat
Dr. Jean Alexandre Francois LeMat (1824–1883), is best known for the
percussion cap revolver that bears his name (seeLeMat revolver ).LeMat, then a
New Orleans physician , secured U.Spatent #15925 for his design onOctober 21 ,1856 . British patents for the same design were issued in 1859, and he later designed a revolver rifle of similar concept as the handgun.
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