US Patent: 231,607
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| Machine-gun
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Patentee:
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| Edward G. Parkhurst (exact or similar names) - Hartford, CT |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Apr. 26, 1880 |
| Granted: |
Aug. 24, 1880 |
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Wikipedia article on the Gardner gun
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Description: |
| See also patents 227,648, 228,777, and 235,627. This patent gives improvements to the "Gardner gun", an early machine gun originally developed by William Gardner of Toledo. Although trials of Pratt & Whitney's improved version were successful they were unable to interest the U.S. Army in purchasing any. The British Army, however did end up purchasing some. |
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