The Man Behind the Gun Samuel Colt and His Revolver |
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| Author:
| Wyckoff, Edwin Brit |
| Series title: | Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7660-3446-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Enslow Publishing, LLC
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $25.60 |
Book Description:
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Until the late nineteenth century, guns took a long time to load and could only make one shot at a time, but Samuel Colt invented a hand gun that held six bullets and could be fired without reloading every time. This changed weaponry forever.
Until the late nineteenth century, guns took a long time to load and could only make one shot at a time, but Samuel Colt invented a hand gun that held six bullets and could be fired without reloading every time. This changed weaponry forever.