Besides farm machines he invented the first practical rapid-fire machine gun in the U.S.
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Samuel Colt - Wikipedia  Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814  January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist from Hartford, Connecticut. He founded Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (today, Colt's .... His was the first practical revolver and the first practical repeating firearm due to progress made in percussion technology.
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Gun - Wikipedia  A gun is a normally tubular weapon or other device designed to discharge projectiles or other ... The first successful rapid-fire firearm is the Gatling Gun, invented by Richard Gatling and ... It was the first firearm which bridges the gap between long range rifles, machine guns, and short .... Rescue equipment ... Agriculture.
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Machine gun - Wikipedia  A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, designed to fire bullets in quick ..... It was one of the earliest weapons to be referred to as a machine gun, being called such in 1722, ... In the early and mid-19th century, a number of rapid-firing weapons appeared which offered multi-shot fire, mostly volley guns.
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Richard Jordan Gatling | American inventor | Britannica.com  American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, ... In 1839 he perfected a practical screw propeller for steamboats, only to find that a ... The introduction of these machines did much to revolutionize the agricultural system in the country. ... In 1861 he conceived the idea of the rapid-fire machine gun that is...
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Before Gatling  Who Was The First To Invent A Rapid-Fire Gun ...  Jan 27, 2014 ... American Gatling guns during the Spanish American War of 1898. "While the Gatling gun may be the best-known early-machine gun, the mechanical ... his famous rapid-fire weapon because he wanted to prevent human suffering. .... of 1918  Nine Game-Changing War Machines Invented During WW1...
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Who Invented the Steam Engine? - Live Science  Mar 19, 2014 ... The first practical steam engines were developed to solve a very specific ... first patent for a machine that used steam power to propel water from mines. ... In 1698, Thomas Savery, an engineer and inventor, patented a machine ... pumping out mines, was also used to drain wetlands, supply water to towns...
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Arms Production | The Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop  As Eli Whitney wrote after completing his 1798 contract to produce 10,000 ... arms factories like Whitney's, even if they had originated in the latter places. .... other gunstocking machines that Thomas Blanchard had invented and were in use at .... In late 1846 Samuel Colt asked Eli Whitney, Jr. if he could make 1000 revolvers...
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Samuel Colt - Inventions - HISTORY.com  Colt founded a company to manufacture his revolving-cylinder pistol; however, ... Mexican War (1846-48) under way, the U.S. government ordered 1,000 Colt revolvers. ... By visiting his father's mill in Ware, Massachusetts, and helping out at a .... Colt's guns were now produced in Hartford, where his factory was managed by...
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Gatling gun - Wikipedia  The Gatling gun is one of the best-known early rapid-fire spring loaded, hand cranked weapons and a forerunner of the modern machine gun. Invented by Richard Gatling, it is known for its use by the Union forces during ... In service, 18621911 ... The Gatling gun was designed by the American inventor Dr. Richard J.
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Changes in Technology - Cuyahoga Valley National Park (U.S. ...  These methods combined earlier European methods, which probably dated back to ... Pioneer farmers made do with a minimum of farm implements, performing ... In the late 1830s and 1840s, Cyrus McCormick and Obed Hussey introduced improved reapers and mowers. In 1837, John Deere invented the first steel plow.
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Timeline Technology - Timelines of History  He worked out a way to focus light using diffraction and was the first to .... some of the people all of the time, & some of the people some of time, but you can't fool ... Otis Steam Elevator Works made its 1st sale in 1854 to P.T. Barnum for .... 1859 Jul 12, William Goodale patented a paper bag manufacturing machine in Mass.
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The Factory | The Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop  In 1798 Eli Whitney built a firearms factory near New Haven. ... those of modern mass industrial production were the first to have standardized, interchangeable parts. ... His son, Selah, invented a filing jigmatching concave molds that held the ... After a year of construction and training workers, he again arose to Wolcott .
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Inventors and Inventions [ushistory.org]  In 1837, John Deere made the first commercially successful riding plow. Deere's steel plow allowed farmers to turn heavy, gummy prairie sod easily, which stuck ... children of the South would use these devices allowing the men to be away at war. ... Until Eli Whitney invented interchangeable parts, pistols like this one were...
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Technology and Inventions.  1884  Fountain Pen  Louis E. Waterman ... '2' incandescent lamp  the rst practical light bulb. '2' the dynamo for generating electric power. '1' the mimeograph machine. '3' the motion ... During his career as a scientist and inventor he owned over 400 patents. ... The owner and developer, Frank Woolworth made these.
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Thompson submachine gun - Wikipedia  The Thompson submachine gun is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. ... The Thompson submachine gun was also known informally as the "Tommy .... After a truce with the British in July 1921, the IRA imported more Thompsons ... Military users of the M1928A1 had complaints about the "L" fifty-round drum...
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The Steel Plow  When was it invented or first used? John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837 when the Middle-West was being settled. ... In 1825 he started his career as a blacksmith. He moved west in the 1830's when times got tough. ... A single plow shank led to making a plow with more and more shanks to cover more ground.
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A Brief History of Firearms - NRA Museums:  The first gun to combine all three components was the matchlock, in the early 1400's. .... The famous Henry Deringer, whose name later would become synonymous with ... In even the earliest days of firearms design, this could be addressed in a ... in the double barrel shotguns produced by some of the finest gun makers in...
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Cyrus McCormick - Wikipedia  Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809  May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of International Harvester Company in 1901. ... Cyrus McCormick held one of his first demonstrations of mechanical reaping at the nearby village of Steeles...
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10 Things You May Not Know About Samuel Colt - History in the ...  Jul 18, 2014 ... His patented revolvers, capable of firing multiple shots in quick ... traveled the world to present heads of state with lavishly engraved, gilded pistols. ... he entertained crowds by administering nitrous oxidelaughing gasto audience members. ... After the revival of his firearms business, Colt built a 200-acre...
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Early Cow Milking Machines - American Artifacts  Development of a usable milking machine took several decades of trial and error, ... In The Farmers Advocate, L.B. Arnold, secretary of the American Dairyman's ... that the milkers were of little value, but, did no apparent harm harm to the cows. ... 1860 patent of L.O. Colvin, perhaps America's most famous inventor of early...
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Free Flashcards about INVENTORS-J - StudyStack  HE INVENTED A STEAM PLOW AND AN OVEN, BUT HE'S BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ELEVATOR, OTIS. RICHARD ARKWRIGHT HELPED USHER IN THIS...