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Gatling Gun Inventor Dr Richard Gatling Hero of Firepower
A detailed portrait traces Dr Richard Jordan Gatling of Hertford County North Carolina born September 12 1818 through his invention of the Gatling gun. It explains gravity and positive feed systems and notes trials 1200 shots per minute, shipboard use, and his rise to president of the American Association of Inventors and Manufacturers.
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Richard J
Hartford
Gatling
Connecticut National Guard
Dr. Gatling
Norfolk
Young Gatling
Richard Jordan Garling
Hertford County
North
Caroline
Washington
Patent Office
Erickson
Cincinaati
Cincinatti Type Foundry Company
General Butler
United States Navy
American Association of Inventors and Manufacturers
American Patent Office