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His invention of the revolver around 1836 allowed the user to fire more times than ever before without reloading |
(Samuel) Colt
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$1,200 |
DJ |
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS |
2021-09-17 |
#8470 |
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Born in Hartford in 1814, this revolver innovator helped build the firearms industry |
Colt
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$400 |
DJ |
THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME |
2015-02-04 |
#6998 |
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"Historians regard (his) Hartford gun factory as a prototype for America's Industrial Revolution" |
Colt
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$800 |
J |
THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME |
2013-10-08 |
#6682 |
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For his revolver with interchangeable parts |
Colt
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$200 |
J |
THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME |
2011-01-07 |
#6060 |
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He conceived the idea of his revolver pistol by observing a ship's wheel on a voyage to India in 1830 |
Samuel Colt
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$800 |
J |
INVENTORS |
2002-02-07 |
#4019 |
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There was little demand for his revolver until the Mexican-American War when the U.S. government ordered 1,000 |
(Samuel) Colt
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$400 |
J |
INVENTORS |
2001-09-17 |
#3916 |
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In 1850 he developed a new Navy model of his 6-shooter |
Samuel Colt
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$100 |
J |
INVENTIONS |
1997-09-19 |
#3000 |
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This armsmaker died at his Hartford, Connecticut home, Armsmear, in 1682 |
Colt
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$1,000 |
DJ |
INVENTORS |
1996-04-11 |
#2684 |
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In addition to the revolver, he invented an electrically controlled naval mine |
Samuel Colt
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$200 |
J |
INVENTIONS |
1992-11-10 |
#1882 |
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Though best known for his revolver, he also invented a submarine battery used in harbor defense |
Colt
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$200 |
DJ |
INVENTORS |
1991-10-24 |
#1644 |
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Inventor of the revolver, his “Peacemaker” helped win the West |
Samuel Colt
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$300 |
J |
INVENTORS |
1984-10-11 |
#24 |