Richard Jordan Gatling

Richard Jordan Gatling
noun
United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)
Syn: ↑Gatling
Instance Hypernyms: ↑inventor, ↑discoverer, ↑artificer

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  • Richard Jordan Gatling — (* 12. September 1818 in Hertford County, North Carolina; † 26. Februar 1903 in New York City) war ein amerikanischer Erfinder. Richard Jordan Gatling wurde auf einem Bauernhof in Indianapolis geboren. Er zeigte bereits früh großes Talent …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Richard Jordan Gatling — Infobox Scientist name =Richard Jordan Gatling box width = image width = caption =Photograph of Gatling birth date =September 12, 1818 birth place =Hertford County, North Carolina death date =February 26, 1903 death place =New York City residence …   Wikipedia

  • Richard Jordan Gatling — Cet article concerne l inventeur américain. Pour la mitrailleuse Gatling, voir Gatling. Richard Jordan Gatling …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Gatling,Richard Jordan — Gat·ling (gătʹlĭng), Richard Jordan. 1818 1903. American firearms inventor of the first rapid firing gun (patented 1862). * * * …   Universalium

  • Gatling, Richard Jordan — ▪ American inventor born Sept. 12, 1818, Maney s Neck, N.C., U.S. died Feb. 26, 1903, New York, N.Y.       American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun (q.v.), a crank operated, multibarrel machine gun, which he patented in… …   Universalium

  • GATLING, RICHARD JORDAN —    the inventor of the Gatling gun, born in Hertford County, N. Carolina, U.S.; he was bred to and graduated in medicine, but in 1849 settled in Indianapolis and engaged in land and railway speculation; his famous machine gun, capable of firing… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Richard Gatling — Richard Jordan Gatling Richard Jordan Gatling (* 12. September 1818 in Hertford County, North Carolina; † 26. Februar 1903 in New York City) war ein amerikanischer Erfinder. Richard Jordan Gatling wurde auf einem Bauernhof in Indianapolis geboren …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Richard John Gattling — Richard Jordan Gatling  Cet article concerne l inventeur américain. Pour la mitrailleuse Gatling, voir Gatling. Richard Jordan Gatling …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Gatling — steht für: Richard Jordan Gatling (1818–1903), amerikanischer Erfinder Gatling Repetiergeschütz, eine nach dem Erfinder Richard Gatling benannte automatische Schusswaffe Gatling (Waffenklasse), verschiedene Waffen, die nach dem Gatling Prinzip… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gatling gun — 1870, named for designer Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling (1818 1903); patented by 1862 but not used in American Civil War until the Petersburg campaign of June 1864 as an independent initiative by U.S. Gen. Ben Butler. For the first time in this war,… …   Etymology dictionary

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