Richard Jordan Gatling, (born September 12, 1818, Maney’s Neck, North Carolina, U.S.—died February 26, 1903, New York, New York), American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, a crank-operated, multibarrel machine gun, which he patented in 1862.
Richard Jordan Gatling was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first successful machine gun...
