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Richard Gatling
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Keri Grozinger
⟶ Updated 11 Feb 2018 ⟶
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Birth of Richard Gatling Hetford County, NC Sept. 12, 1818
adapted the cotton-sowing machine so it could be used to sow all other types of grain, (like rice and wheat). 1844
Inspired by an attack of Smallpox as a child, he went to Ohio Medical College to eventually get an MD. 1850
Invented a hemp-breaking machine. 1850
Invented a steam plow 1857
Married Jemima Sanders who was 19 years younger than him. Oct. 25, 1854
Conceived the idea of a rapid-fire gun. 1861
Patented the first ever crank operated, rapid fire gun. Nov. 4, 1862
Died Feb. 26, 1903 in New York, NY