Died 1903-02-26.
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Richard Jordan Gatling
Richard Jordan Gatling was an American inventor. He is best known for having invented the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first successful machine gun.
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science · American inventor (1818–1903) · inventor · physician · gunsmith · engineer · also Richard Jordan Gatling, Richard J. Gatling, Richard Gatling, Gatling
Born 12 September 1818 · Died 26 February 1903 · Q335573
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1903· 1 entry
1893· 1 entry
Gatling patented a Gatling gun that replaced the hand cranked mechanism with an electric motor, a relatively new invention at the time, achieving a rate of fire of 300 rounds per minute
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1877· 1 entry
Wrote, "It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine gun which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of la
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1870· 1 entry
Sold his patents for the Gatling gun to Colt
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1862· 1 entry
Founded the Gatling Gun Company in Indianapolis, Indiana to market the gun
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1861· 1 entry
The same year the war started, he invented the Gatling gun
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1839· 1 entry
A hemp break machine in 1850, a steam plow (steam tractor) in 1857, the Gatling gun in 1861, a marine steam ram in 1862, and a motor-driven plow (tractor)
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1818· 1 entry
Born 1818-09-12.
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