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 * __ Richard J. Gatling __**

Richard J. Gatling was born September 12, 1818, Hertford County, North Carolina. Although he is most famous for his invention of the gatling gun he also invented a steam plow and a screw propeller but failed to patent the screw propeller. Gatling was a doctor before he invented his famous gatling gun. The gatling gun, thought to be worse then tranditional riflemen was actually a revenlutionary marvel for its time, click this link to see why: [] []