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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Richard_Jordan_GatlingRichard Jordan Gatling - Wikipedia

    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 to be the first successful machine gun.

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    • February 26, 1903 (aged 84), New York City, US

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Richard-Jordan-GatlingRichard Jordan Gatling | Civil War, Machine Gun, Inventor

    Mar 5, 2024 · Richard Jordan Gatling was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, a crank-operated, multibarrel machine gun, which he patented in 1862. Gatling’s career as an inventor began when he assisted his father in the construction and perfecting of machines for sowing cotton.

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  4. www.history.com › american-civil-war › gatling-gunGatling Gun - Date, Inventor & Usage | HISTORY

    Mar 4, 2010 · Richard Jordan Gatling invented a multi-barreled, rotating gun that could fire up to 200 rounds a minute in 1862. He hoped to reduce the violence and disease of war with his machine gun, but it was not adopted by the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Learn more about his life, his invention, and its legacy.

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  6. www.encyclopedia.com › richard-jordan-gatlingRichard Jordan Gatling | Encyclopedia.com

    May 17, 2018 · Learn about the life and inventions of Richard Jordan Gatling, the American inventor of the Gatling gun, a crank-operated rapid-fire machine gun. Find out how he developed other agricultural and military machines and why he was controversial during the Civil War.

  7. www.ncpedia.org › biography › gatling-richard-jordanGatling, Richard Jordan | NCpedia

    Biography of Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, a machine that fired more than 200 rounds a minute in the Civil War. Learn about his life, inventions, and legacy in North Carolina and Indiana.

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  9. www.historynet.com › mr-gatlings-game-changing-gunMr. Gatling’s Game-Changing Gun - HistoryNet

    Feb 28, 2018 · On November 4, 1862, U.S. Patent No. 36,836 was granted to an Indianapolis businessman, Richard Jordan Gatling, for an invention he called a “Revolving Battery-Gun.” And a world in which the capacity for human destructiveness increased exponentially was born.

  10. www.britannica.com › technology › Gatling-gunGatling gun | History, Description, & Facts | Britannica

    Gatling gun, hand-driven machine gun, the first to solve the problems of loading, reliability, and the firing of sustained bursts. It was invented about 1862 by Richard Jordan Gatling during the American Civil War.

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