Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Revolver
- History and
Background
- Inventor-Samuel Colt
- Samuel Colt was always
interested in guns, explosives, and
machinery.
- Date and Time-1836
in Connecticut
- Samuel Colt thought of this idea when
he was on a voyage and wanted to use a
the same mechanism used to lock a
ships's wheel on a gun to make it shoot
multiple bullets without reloading.
- DETAILS OF
INVENTION
- The guns in the 1800’s required
constant reloading which took
a lot of time.
- The revolver made this
process a lot faster
because it was able to
shoot multiple bullets
without having to
reload with the help of
a barrel.
- The use of compact
bullets was
revolutionary at that
time. It fired with .28
caliber bullets.
- They cylinder had multiple
chambers aligned with a
single, stationary barrel. He
also made other guns, but
they all incorporated a
revolving cylinder where
gunpowder and bullets were
loaded.
- Essential Question
- How would the world
change if the revolver was
never invented?
- Has the revolver
impacted the world in a
good or bad way? Why?
- IMPACT ON SOCIETY
- The invention affected the
economy by boosting it. This was
because guns were very popular
and were a necessity back then.
- When the Union went to war
against the Confederates they had
asked for over 500 units. They
were given to the army then it
became standard for the army and
all the other branches to use as a
side weapon