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Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun (died 1903)
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Richard Jordan Gatling
American inventor (1818–1903)
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.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gatling gun
1860s multi-barrel rapid-fire gun
The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling of North Carolina. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the modern electric motor-driven rotary cannon.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)