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    Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903) was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, which is considered...
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    The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the...
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  • 1992), American basketball player Richard Jordan Gatling (1818–1903), American inventor who invented the Gatling gun Gatling Gun (film), the 1968 Italian-Spanish...
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  • device invented in the 1860s by Richard Jordan Gatling. He later replaced the hand-cranked mechanism of a rifle-caliber Gatling gun with an electric motor...
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    USS Gatling (DD-671) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named after Richard Jordan Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun. Gatling...
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  • Galvanometer, galvanic cell – Luigi Galvani Garand – John Garand Gatling gun – Richard Jordan Gatling Gatso cameras – Maus Gatsonides Geiger counter – Hans Geiger...
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    gunpowder, was relegated to hobbyist usage. In 1861, Richard Jordan Gatling invented the Gatling gun, the first successful machine gun, capable of firing...
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    powering a Gatling gun from an external electric power source was not a novel idea at the end of World War II, as Richard Jordan Gatling himself had...
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    by more than one weapons inventor. For example, Richard Jordan Gatling patented his namesake Gatling gun in 1862 with the partial intention of illustrating...
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  • Archimedes Wei Boyang Kallinikos Roger Bacon Leonardo da Vinci Richard Jordan Gatling Mikhail Kalashnikov Albert Einstein Listed by date of approximate...
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    more famous counterpart the Gatling Gun, saw only limited use. The Gatling gun, patented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling, was the first to offer controlled...
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    first successful self-loader was the Gatling gun, a hand-cranked revolver. It was invented by Richard Jordan Gatling and fielded by the Union forces during...
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    Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. It is also known that Dr Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor of the Gatling Gun owned an 80-bore (.38-calibre) First Model Tranter...
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    Company, co-founder of Duke Energy (Durham) Richard Jordan Gatling (1818–1903), inventor of the Gatling gun (Hertford County) James Goodnight (born 1943)...
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  • turret, using electricity. November 4 – Richard Jordan Gatling is granted a United States patent for the Gatling gun. Brown & Sharpe produce the first Universal...
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  • the Henry rifle, the first reliable repeating rifle. Richard Jordan Gatling invents the Gatling gun, capable of firing 200 cartridges in a minute. Hiram...
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    designer, inventor of the M1 Garand. Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903), inventor of the Gatling gun. Jacob and Samuel Hawken (1786...
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    rotary-barrel firearm is the Gatling gun, invented by Richard Jordan Gatling in 1861, and patented on 4 November 1862. The Gatling gun operated by a hand-crank...
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  • southern states defeat government forces. November 4 – Richard Jordan Gatling patents the Gatling gun in the United States. November 5 American Civil War:...
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    Spanish–American War, tanks, machine gun, medicine, chemical weapons, Richard Jordan Gatling – Gatling gun John T. Thompson – Tommy gun The introduction of the airplane...
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  • 1878) 1812 – Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (d. 1886) 1818 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor...
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    of Costa Rica, founder of the republic (d. 1892) September 12 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, gunsmith (d. 1903) September 27 – Adolph Wilhelm...
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  • Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838) 1903 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818) 1906 – Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted...
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  • August 13 – Lucy Stone, social reformer (died 1893) September 12 – Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor, gunsmith (died 1903) September 17 – William Henry Barnum...
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  • Grand Orient of Italy Lodge. Richard Jordan Gatling (1818–1903), American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, the first successful...
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    the war, Richard Jordan Gatling invented and tested his Gatling gun at Indianapolis. Patented in November 1862, the U.S. Navy adopted the Gatling gun during...
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    Howard Garns, inventor of Sudoku Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, best known for his invention of the Gatling gun. John F. Geisse, founder of...
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  • composer (b. 1860) Victor Meirelles, painter (b. 1832) February 26 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (b. 1818) March 2 – Rafael Zaldívar, former President...
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  • February 11 – Rachel Crane Mather, educator (born 1823) February 26 – Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor (born 1818) March 11 – Lou Graham, wealthy business woman...
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    Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Prest-O-Lite (Greensburg) Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor of gatling gun (Indianapolis) Halston, fashion designer (Evansville)...
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