"Gatling, Richard Jordan, 1818-1903." . . "History." . . "Maschinengewehr." . . "Inventeurs États-Unis 19e siècle." . . "Inventors United States Biography." . . "Gatling guns." . . "HISTORY / United States / 19th Century." . . "Gatling, James Henry, 1816-1879." . . . . "From publisher description: Although little used during the American Civil War--the time in which it was invented--the Gatling gun soon changed the nature of warfare and the course of history. Discharging 200 shots per minute with alarming accuracy, the world's first machine gun became vitally important to protecting and expanding America's overseas interests. Its inventor, Richard Gatling, was famous in his own time for creating and improving many industrial designs, from bicycles and steamship propellers to flush toilets. Gatling actually proposed his gun as a way of saving lives, thinking it would decrease the size of armies. Cultural critic Julia Keller's account of the invention, its misunderstood creator, and its tremendous impact on world events also shows how its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplified the paradox of America's rise as a world superpower."@en . . . . . . . . . "Biography" . "Biography"@en . . . "Mr. gatling's terrible marvel the gun that changed everything and the misunderstood genius who invented it"@en . . . "A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hoped that the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weapon would save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing the number of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallels to the scientists who would unleash America's atomic arsenal half a century later. The Gatling gun, in its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplifies the paradox of America's rise in the nineteenth century to a world superpower."@en . . . . "Mr. Gatling's terrible marvel : the gun that changed everything and the misunderstood genius who invented it" . "Mr. Gatling's terrible marvel : the gun that changed everything and the misunderstood genius who invented it"@en . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . "Gun that changed everything and the misunderstood genius who invented it" . . "Although little used during the American Civil War--the time in which it was invented--the Gatling gun soon changed the nature of warfare and the course of history. Discharging 200 shots per minute with alarming accuracy, the world's first machine gun became vitally important to protecting and expanding America's overseas interests. Its inventor, Richard Gatling, was famous in his own time for creating and improving many industrial designs, from bicycles and steamship propellers to flush toilets. Gatling actually proposed his gun as a way of saving lives, thinking it would decrease the size of armies. Cultural critic Julia Keller's account of the invention, its misunderstood creator, and its tremendous impact on world events also shows how its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplified the paradox of America's rise as a world superpower.--From publisher description." . . "Mr. Gatling's terrible marvel the gun that changed everything and the misunderstood genius who invented it" . . . . . "Mitrailleuses États-Unis 19e siècle." . .