Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1847, 1852 - 1853 (Part 1, Mechanical), 1855 (vol. 1), 1856 (vol. 1-2), 1860 (vol. 1, Arts and Manufacturers, Mechanics), 1865 (vols. 1-3).  (9 volume set)

United States

Patent Office, Washington, D.C. 1865, 1847

[19th Century American Inventions: Includes machine guns (Gatling guns), revolving firearms, and warships] 9 volumes. 1847-1865.  Bound in publisher's cloth.  Generally good bindings.  Clean, unmarked pages.  Includes Newberry Revolving Firearm patent for 1865. Numerous illustrations of plows, pumps, hoists, windless, valves, threshing machines, portable oil tanks, ventilators, oil still, wood splitting machine, boiling vessels, vegetable scoop, cotton press, churns, globe cock, chain pulley, ships of war (Brooklyn NY, 1865, steam-powered scuttling augers), stone gatherers (agricultural), ivory cutter, Richard Jordan Gatling Battery Gun (1865), cigarette holder, moving artificial legs.   "Richard Jordan Gatling, a physician, the first model of his "Battery Gun" was patented on May 9, 1865, and had six barrels revolving around a central axis. It proved superior to other rapid-fire guns of the time and, for more than 40 years, the Gatling gun was used by almost every world power."  30-caliber model which fired 400 rounds a minute. The gun was patented on May 9, 1865, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Army on August 21, 1866.