Richard Jordan Gatling and the Gatling gun
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Identifier: 692.15.h
One image of Richard Jordan Gatling and three images of the Gatling gun from the book Gatling : a photographic remembrance by E. Frank Stephenson, Jr. (Mehrrin River Press, [1993]). Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, native of Hertford County, N.C., invented the Gatling gun in 1865. An inventor of mostly agricultural devices, Gatling conceived the idea of making a machine gun that would largely remove the necessity of large armies in the hope of putting an end to war.more...
     
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One image of Richard Jordan Gatling and three images of the Gatling gun from the book Gatling : a photographic remembrance by E. Frank Stephenson, Jr. (Mehrrin River Press, [1993]). Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, native of Hertford County, N.C., invented the Gatling gun in 1865. An inventor of mostly agricultural devices, Gatling conceived the idea of making a machine gun that would largely remove the necessity of large armies in the hope of putting an end to war.
Date
1865 - 1993
Call Number
692.15.h
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Special Collections Staff Pick Collection
Military History

Subject(s)
Gatling, Richard Jordan, 1818-1903
Gatling guns
Finding Aid
Stephenson, E. Frank, Jr., Collection

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Location (spatial)
United States--North Carolina--Hertford County (N.C.)
Type
still image
Medium
photographs
Physical Description
430mm x 548mm x 90mm
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