Title

'The Gatling Mitrailleuse', c1872. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Cartridge from a Gatling gun, c1872. Diagram of cartridge used in the Gatling gun, an early rapid-fire spring loaded, hand cranked weapon invented by Richard Gatling. The loose metal cartridges were loaded into the gun using a gravity feed system from a hopper. From "The Franco-Prussian War: its causes, incidents and consequences", Volume I, by Captain H M Hozier. [William Mackenzie, London, 1872]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G31_497

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,3Mb (2,2Mb) / 20,5in x 11,4in / 6135 x 3433 (300dpi)

Keywords

technology equipment weapon weapons gun guns bullet bullets war century diagram concept ammunition mechanism cartridge machine gun B&W artillery warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry nineteenth century The Print Collector 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War Gatling gun mitrailleuse engraving Unknown William Richard J Gatling Gatling Richard Gatling Richard Jordan Gatling William Mackenzie Mackenzie Hozier H. M. Hozier H. M. Henry Montague Hozier Henry Montague H M Hozier H M Sir Henry Montagu Hozier Richard J engraving