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	Richard Jordan Gatling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The son of an inventor, Gatling was born in Hertford County, North Carolina and by the age of 21 had invented the screw propeller for steamboats, only to discover it had recently and independently been patented by Francis Pettit Smith.
		Gatling graduated from Ohio Medical College in 1850 but was more interested in continuing his career as an inventor than in practicing medicine.
		Miniguns and electric powered gatling cannons of various size would go on to be used as aircraft weapons on airplanes and helicopters starting in the later half of the 1900s, as well as on some ground forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Jordan_Gatling (259 words)

	Gatling gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gatling gun was patented in 1861 during the Civil War ("Gatling Gun (1861) History of the Gatling Gun").
		The Gatling gun, nicknamed the "Coffee-Mill gun" by Abraham Lincoln (Richie 78), was hand-crank operated with six barrels (so the gun did not overheat) revolving around a central shaft [1].
		The innovative features of the Gatling gun were its independent firing mechanism for each barrel and the simultaneous action of the locks, barrels, carrier and breech.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gatling_gun (1094 words)

	Richard Gatling - Wikipedia NL
		Richard Gatling ( 12 september 1818 - New York, 26 februari 1903) was een Amerikaanse uitvinder die vooral bekend werd door de ontwikkeling van het Gatling-geweer, het eerste snelvurende machinegeweer, dat het karakter van de oorlogsvoering totaal veranderde.
		Gatling was afkomstig uit Noord-Carolina en zijn vader was eveneens uitvinder.
		Gatling studeerde in 1850 af aan het Ohio Medical College maar was meer geÃ¯nteresseerd in zijn uitvinderscarriÃ¨re dan in een praktijk in de medische wereld.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Gatling (159 words)

	History Of Miniguns
		Richard Gatling pursued and promoted many new inventions until he died in February 1903, at the age of 84.
		His most successful inventions, the Gatling gun and his wheat drill, made him a fortune which he largely lost in unwise investments in railroads, real estate, and in promotion of his other inventions, but when he died he was still a wealthy man.
		Gatling designed a new breech mechanism which fixed the feed problem, leading to the development of the much improved model 1865 six-barrel 1 inch Gatling gun, the forerunner of all later model Gatling guns.
	users.bigpond.net.au /minigun/history.htm (1650 words)

	Lost Indiana's In Grave Condition: Richard Gatling
		Richard Jordan Gatling was born in Money’s Neck, North Carolina on September 12, 1818.
		The Gatling Gun Company was founded in Indianapolis that year, where it remained until 1874 when he struck a deal with the Colt Patent and Firearms Company of Hartford, Connecticut to manufacture the device, now in great demand by the US Navy and Army for various purposes.
		Gatling moved there with his family that year, and stayed until his company was officially merged with Colt in 1897, at which time he moved to New York City.
	www.lostindiana.net /html/crown_hill__gatling.html (375 words)

	The Gatling Gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		&#9;Gatling assisted his father in the construction and perfecting of machines for sowing cottonseeds and for thinning the plants.
		Gatling's inspired use of multiple barrels on one gun gave the shooter the ability to fire at a fast rate and allow the barrels that were not firing to avoid overheating.
		The 1865 improved Gatling gun was tested by the Ordnance Department and officially adopted in 1866.
	www.gunsaregood.com /gatling.htm (1178 words)

	Richard Jordan Gatling
		The son of an inventor, Gatling was born in Hertford County[?], North Carolina and by the age of 21 had invented the screw propellor for steamboats, only to discover it had recently and independently been patented by someone else.
		He founded the Gatling Gun Company in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1862, and the company merged with Colt[?] in 1897.
		His best-known invention would be declared obsolete by the U.S. Army eight years later, in 1911.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ri/Richard_Jordan_Gatling.html (178 words)

	The Gatling Gun In The Civil War
		The Gatling gun saw only limited use in the Civil War, (Ben Butler used two around Petersburg and eight on gunboats; Porter acquired one; and Hancock ordered twelve for his I (Veteran) Corps), however, the conflict did test this weapon, perhaps the first successful true machine gun used in warfare.
		Gatling used the 6 barrels to partially cool the gun during firing.
		But Gatling's own written words seems to be less glamourous, for in 1864 he touched somewhat on his motives in a letter to President Lincoln.
	www.civilwarhome.com /gatlinggun.htm (1007 words)

	News Release: IUPUI
		Gatling was an Indianapolis resident during the Civil War era.
		Gatling's observations of the war's toil on soldiers he saw passing through Union Depot inspired him to invent the first machine gun.
		The Gatling exhibit is one of two semester-long projects by IUPUI museum studies students.
	www.iupui.edu /news/gatling.htm (322 words)

	Gatling
		Gatling gun The Gatling gun was the first successful Richard J. Gatling in 1861 and patented in 1862.
		M197 Gatling gun The M197 Gatling gun is a variant of the 20 mm OV-10 Bronco, utilizes only three gun barrels as opposed...
		The son of an inventor, Gatling was born in North Caroli...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/gatling.html (86 words)

	Gatling Gun
		Richard Gatling originally patented this weapon in 1862.
		The Gatling gun was composed of ten barrels that rotated and fired by turning a hand crank that simultaneously fed cartridges from a large vertical hopper.
		The Gatling gun could fire 350 rounds a minute when it worked; however, the piece was prone to jamming.
	www.nps.gov /foda/Fort_Davis_WEB_PAGE/About_the_Fort/GATLING_GUN.htm (87 words)

	Gatling, Richard Jordan
		Even though the Gatling gun was used in limited engagements during the Civil War, it wasn't until 1866 that the Army officially adopted the Gatling Gun.
		The Gatling Gun was used in many wars, both domestic and foreign, before the gun was declared obsolete in 1911.
		The ideas behind the Gatling Gun were unused until the 1950s, when the machine guns of the day had rates of fire slower than most models of Gatling Guns.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/G/Gatling/1.html (848 words)

	Gatling Glory — The First Machine Gun
		Richard J Gatling, a wealthy planter’s son, was in all probability obsessed with rotating devices.
		The mid-seventies was probably the classic period in the history of the Gun, when Richard Gatling shifted base to Hartford, Connecticut, for the guns to be manufactured by the Colt Armory.
		The initial models of the Gatling Gun were mounted on a fixed carriage, and the first flexible mount was introduced only with the 1879 model, which featured a ten-barrel fully encased gun firing.45 Caliber bullets.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/11-15-2004-61664.asp (733 words)

	Book Encyclopedia - Web Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Richard Jordan Gatling ( September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903) was an American inventor, best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, the first successful machine gun.
		The hand-cranked gatling gun was declared obsolete by the United States Army in 1911, though machine driven gatling guns (miniguns) would see use again later that century.
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	www.bookencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Richard_Jordan_Gatling (245 words)

	Gatling gun history by BWE Firearms
		Gatling was a gentle man who thought that the invention of his gun would make warfare so devastating that men would not fight anymore.
		In 1877 Dr. Gatling wrote a letter to Lizzie Jarvis, a niece of the late Col. Colt, and expressed his reasons for designing his gun.
		The Gatling Gun is the basis for a number of the US militaries most advanced weapons systems including the Vulcan, the Mini-Gun, and the Phalanx System.
	www.bwefirearms.com /history.html (470 words)

	Reason - Metaweb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Reason, version 1.0B7, is the name of a prototype miniature Gatling gun produced by Ng Security Industries, Inc. which Ng has lent to the Mafia for this operation.
		The grouped barrel concept was not new, it had been tried since the 18th century, but poor engineering and the lack of a metal cartridge made the attempts unsuccessful.
		A variety of similar weapons are available in calibers ranging from 5.56mm to 30mm, the rate of fire being somewhat proportional to the size and mass of the ammunition (which also determines the size and mass of the barrels).
	www.metaweb.com /wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Reason&printable=yes (5072 words)

	Richard Jordan Gatling
		The Gatling Gun consisted of six barrels mounted in a revolving frame.
		In 1870 Gatling opened a new factory in Hartford, Connecticut to produce his gun.
		He continued to improve the Gatling Gun and by 1882 it could fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWgatlingR.htm (206 words)

	Richard Gatling: Biography of Richard Gatling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Among his inventions are a machine for sowing rice, a wheat drill, a hemp brake, and a steam plow.
		He is known best, however, as the inventor of the Gatling gun.
		The Gatling gun was a terribly destructive piece of ordnance in its time and was capable of firing up to 1,200 shots per minute.
	www.sacklunch.net /biography/G/RichardGatling.html (121 words)

	Gatling, Richard J. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gatling, Richard J. Gatling, Richard J. Gatling, Richard J. (1818-1903), an American inventor.
		The Gatling gun is a terribly destructive piece of ordnance.
		By swinging the muzzle slowly to right and left the horizon may be swept by a veritable leaden hail.
	www.factopia.com /aiton-encyclopedia-vol2/gatling-richard-j.htm (153 words)

	Richard Jordan Gatling
		GATLING, Richard Jordan, inventor, born in Hertford County, North Carolina, 12 September, 1818.
		The nature of these may be inferred from the statement that, whereas the original Gatling gun only fired from 250 to 300 shots per minute, those now made discharge 1.200 shots, as many as 500 having frequently been fired in two and one half seconds.
		Gatling now (1887) resides in Hartford, Connecticut, but has spent much of his time abroad, exhibiting his invention.
	www.famousamericans.net /richardjordangatling (659 words)

	M197 Gatling Gun - Surch
		The M197 automatic gun (gatling gun) used on the AH-1F Cobra is described in great detail.
		M197 Gatling gun The M197 Gatling gun is a variant of the 20 mm OV-10 Bronco, utilizes only three gun...
		Gatling gun intended for applica- tions that require a lightweight, highly reliable weapon capable of...
	www.surch.co.uk /m197+gatling+gun (338 words)

	Richard Gatling - Wikipedia
		Februar 1903 in New York City) war ein amerikanischer Erfinder.
		Er wurde vor allem wegen der nach ihm benannten " Gatling gun " bekannt, dem ersten wirklich funktionierenden Maschinengewehr.
		Im Jahre 1861 patentierte er den Entwurf fÃ¼r ein sechslÃ¤ufiges Gewehr, welches in der Lage war, fÃ¼r damalige VerhÃ¤ltnisse unglaubliche 200 Schuss pro Minute zu verschieÃen.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Gatling (91 words)

	The Gatling Gun in theBattle of Olustee Home Page ../index.html Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gatling used the six barrels to partially cool the gun during firing.
		Having at least received government approval, Gatling began to sell his guns throughout the world; they achieved lasting fame in the post-war years.
		A Gatling gun has shown up in a few Florida Civil War reenactments, firing during the battles and capturing spectator attention.
	extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu /olustee/related/gatling.htm (422 words)

	Richard Jordan Gatling: Biography of Richard Jordan Gatling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1850 he invented a double-acting hemp-brake and, in 1857, a steam plough.
		In 1865 the gun was improved and tested, and was forthwith brought into use by the United States service.
		Among Gatling's later inventions were an improved method of casting steel cannon and a pneumatic gun for discharging explosives.
	www.sacklunch.net /biography/G/RichardJordanGatling.html (83 words)

	Richard Jordan Gatling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Born on the family plantation at Maney's Neck in 1818, Richard Jordan Gatling gained an early reputation as an inventor.
		During the Civil War, Gatling began to develop a new weapon based on his earlier work, believing that if war became more lethal it would force politicians and soldiers to explore peaceful alternatives.
		Although the new "Gatling Gun" saw little use during the Civil War it was used world-wide in the later part of the 19th century.
	ils.unc.edu /murf/rjgatling.html (105 words)

	RICHARD J. GATLING LETTER
		In 1862 Gatling invented and patented his first Gatling Gun, a hand-cranked rapid-fire weapon with ten revolving barrels.
		The Navy installed several Gatling guns on gunboats, but production problems prevented delivery of more than two guns to the Army by war's end.
		The gun with later improvements sold well abroad, however, and was used in nearly every armed conflict for the next fifty years.
	indianahistory.org /Library/manuscripts/collection_guides/SC0615.html (333 words)

	Richard Jordan Gatling - Wikipedia
		Senere fant han ut at den allerede hadde blitt patentert av Francis Pettit Smith.
		Gatling ble uteksaminert ifra Ohio Medical College i 1850, men var mer interessert i Ã¥ fortsette som oppfinner enn som lege.
		Han fant opp Gatling-mitraljÃ¸sen etter Ã¥ blitt vitne til de store mengdene som dÃ¸de av sykdom og infeksjoner under den Amerikanske borgerkrigen.
	no.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Jordan_Gatling (164 words)

	Richard Jordan Gatling Biography / Profile of Richard Jordan Gatling Biographies
		Richard Jordan Gatling (1818-1903), American inventor, became famous for designing multiple-firing guns.
		Richard Gatling was born on a large plantation in Hertford County, N.C., on Sept. 12, 1818.
		Gatling studied medicine and became a doctor in 1850, although he never practiced.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/richard-jordan-gatling (204 words)

	Gatling, Richard Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Foreign manufactures for Gatling Guns were located in Austria, China, Russia and United Kingdom.
		.58 caliber percussion Gatling Gun, using paper cartridges, which was inserted into a tube having closed ends fitted with nipples for percussion caps.
		The Gatling Gun Company was established as sales agency.
	homepage.hispeed.ch /american-arms/american-firearms/company-G/Gatling,%20Richard%20Jordan/Gatling,%20Richard%20Jordan.html (380 words)

	Gatling Gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gatling Gun The second beta of the gatling gun add on is available on the Means of Destruction.
		Its operation is based upon the principle used in the rapid-firing gun invented by Richard J. Gatling in the 1860s.
		Photo 3: 25mm Gatling gun (The AC130U which is depicted had the dual 20mm Gatling guns replaced with a single 25mm Gatling gun.
	www.gunsnstuf.com /links/GatlingGun.html (1189 words)

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