The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Gatling

Naval

A repeating machine-gun, named after its inventor, Dr. Gatling, of this country, and is also known as mitrailleuse; consists of a number of breech-loading rifled barrels revolving about a common axis. Twelve hundred shots per minute have been fired by this gun.

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