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  1. www.history.com › topics › inventionsSamuel Colt - HISTORY

    Nov 9, 2009 · In 1836, Connecticut-born gun manufacturer Samuel Colt (1814-62) received a U.S. patent for a revolver mechanism that enabled a gun to be fired multiple times without reloading. Colt founded a...

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Samuel Colt was an inventor and industrialist who created the revolver and paved the way for the interchangeable parts system of manufacturing.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Samuel_ColtSamuel Colt - Wikipedia

    Samuel Colt ( / koʊlt /; July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.

  4. Jul 19, 1998 · Samuel Colt was an American firearms inventor, manufacturer, and entrepreneur who popularized the revolver. As a teenaged seaman, Colt carved a wooden model of a revolving cylinder mechanism, and he later perfected a working version that was patented in England and France in 1835 and in the United

  5. Apr 24, 2020 · Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814–January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur best remembered for perfecting a revolving cylinder mechanism that enabled a gun to be fired multiple times without reloading.

  6. www.encyclopedia.com › technology-biographies › samuel-coltSamuel Colt | Encyclopedia.com

    May 17, 2018 · The American inventor and manufacturer Samuel Colt (1814-1862) first developed and popularized the multishot pistol, or revolver, which found wide use in the last half of the 19th century, especially in the American West.

  7. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › samuel-coltSamuel Colt | Lemelson

    Its inventor, Samuel Colt, was born July 19, 1814 in Hartford, Connecticut. His father ran a small silk and woolens factory, and young Colt began working at an early age among the machines and bolts of fabric.