The fast-firing machine gun invented by Gatlin is widely used abroad

Richard J. Gatlin, who invented the machine gun that revolutionized modern warfare, died in New York City on February 25, 1903, at the age of 84.

In the early days of the Civil War, Gatling's Gatling machine gun could fire 250 times per minute. Now it can fire 3,000 times per minute at rapid fire. However, the inventor of the machine gun was a kind and kind man. His purpose in developing this machine gun was by no means violence and destruction. Since the machine gun could be controlled by one person, Gatling hoped that the weapon would prevent entire groups of soldiers from dying under enemy fire. After 30 years of continuous improvement, he sold his invention to the Colt Firearms Manufacturing Company.

Not only did he invent the machine gun, he was born on a farm and helped his father design a cotton machine. Later, when he was in business, he designed a propeller, which went on to invent a machine for planting rice. Since then, he has specialized in invention. Before his death, he was the head of the Gatling Engine Power Company in St. Louis. He plans to put on the market a new motorized plow he designed.

He was a researcher and a philosopher, his friends say of him. He studied medicine and took care of himself and his family. Although his inventions made him a considerable sum of money, he lost a lot of money investing in railroads in the West. He has also suffered the consequences of failure, including a recent explosion in the chamber of a gun he modeled after a Krupp gun. He attributed the accident to sabotage.