The Gatling Gun

Author : Ron Ruble
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557059550
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling's GATLING GUN PATENT DRAWINGS written by Ron Ruble and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains copies of all Dr. Gatling's original Gatling Gun patent and patent drawings from the United States Patent Office. Also included are the patent drawings of the Broadwell Drum Feed, Bruce feed and Accles feed that was used on Colt Gatling Guns. Shortly after the outbreak of the American Civil War, Dr. Richard J. Gatling began work on his most famous invention. A prototype gun was made late in 1861 and was demonstrated in Indianapolis early in 1862. On November 4, 1862, Dr. Gatling received the first of his 10 patents for the famous gun that etched his name into history forever. The Gatling Gun was sometimes called by Dr. Gatling, Colt Firearms Company and the United States Patent Office as a battery gun, rotating battery gun, rotating cannon and machine gun. When the "modern" machine gun was made, it was referred to as an automated machine gun. These patent drawings provide a step back in time to view a technically advanced 19th century weapon that changed history.

Author : Peter Smithurst
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472805992
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatling Gun written by Peter Smithurst and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique chapter in the history of firearms, the multibarrel, hand-cranked Gatling gun was one of the first practical rapid-fire weapons ever to be used in battle. It changed warfare by introducing the capability to project deadly, high-intensity fire on the battlefield, and portended the devastation that automatic weapons would wreak in World War I. During its 50-year career, it saw widespread service with US, British, and other forces on a host of battlefields through conflicts in Zululand and the American West, to the Spanish-American War. Although it saw widespread use in the hands of industrialized nations against various groups of indigenous native warriors, it was famously left behind by Custer at the battle of the Little Bighorn, where some argue it could have made all the difference. Featuring full-colour artwork plus contemporary and close-up photographs, this engaging study investigates the origins, development, combat use, and lasting influence of the formidable Gatling gun.

Author : Julia Keller
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440633592
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel written by Julia Keller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-29 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hoped that the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weapon would save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing the number of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallels to the scientists who would unleash America's atomic arsenal half a century later. The Gatling gun, in its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplifies the paradox of America's rise in the nineteenth century to a world superpower.

Author : Joe Berk
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981288847
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatling Gun written by Joe Berk and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gatling Gun outlines the development of the Gatling gun from its inception during the Civil War to applications on a variety of modern combat systems. The Gatling gun concept has proven itself to be, in a very real sense, timeless. Future weapons systems will no doubt continue to apply the engineering elegance inherent to Dr. Gatling's design, assuring the survival of this most interesting weapon system.

Author : Paul Wahl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780668045148
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatling Gun written by Paul Wahl and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Berk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatling Gun written by Joseph Berk and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first complete 130-year history of what is a truly remarkable and timeless weapon. Author Joseph Berk traces the glorious career of this multi-barreled, high-rate-of-fire gun from its inception during the Civil War to its current role as a state-of-the-art modern combat system of the US military.

Author : Paul Wahl
Publisher : London : H. Jenkins
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatling Gun written by Paul Wahl and published by London : H. Jenkins. This book was released on 1965 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of its development and use in warfare.

Author : Anthony Smith
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312934774
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machine Gun written by Anthony Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-11-02 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The machine gun is a uniquely American invention that revolutionized the way in which war was waged. This first look in more than 30 years at its social and historical impact also profiles the inventors responsible for the creation of the weapon. Martin's Press.

Author : George M. Chinn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258052447
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The MacHine Gun V1 written by George M. Chinn and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James H. Willbanks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851094857
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machine Guns written by James H. Willbanks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The machine gun—often called the killing machine—revolutionized modern ground combat, brought an end to the traditional infantry and cavalry charge, and changed the battlefields of war forever. This volume in the Weapons and Warfare series describes the history of machine guns from the mid-19th century to the present, following both the evolution of small arms technology and the impact of machine guns on the battlefield, on military strategy, and on human society. This book discusses subjects ranging from the forerunners of mechanical and automatic guns, to the unusual history of the Civil War-era Gatling gun (the first practical machine gun, not used by the Union army because Gatling was a Southerner), to the machine guns developed for the world wars and those for present day use. Readers will see how the advent of the machine gun revolutionized ground combat—and how in some instances, technology outran tactics and doctrines, with disastrous consequences.