Richard Jordan Gatling
1818-1903
American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, a crank-operated rapid-fire machine gun that he patented in 1862. Working at the outbreak of the Civ...
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Richard Jordan Gatling (1818-1903), American inventor, became famous for designing multiple-firing guns.Richard Gatling was born on a large plantation in Hertford County, N.C., on Sept. 12, 1818. With...
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Born in Hertford County, North Carolina, Gatling showed signs of creativity even as a youngster. He helped his father, a plantation owner and inventor, develop machines for sowing and thinning cotton....
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Richard Jordan Gatling
Richard Jordan Gatling
Richard Jordan Gatling