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Samuel Colt

19th-century American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)

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Samuel Colt was a 19th-century American inventor and industrialist who revolutionized firearms manufacturing by perfecting the revolver, a gun capable of firing multiple shots without reloading. His innovations in mass production and marketing made reliable, affordable firearms widely available, which significantly shaped American history and industry.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1814
Died: 1862
Works: 5

Top works

Samuel Colt vs. the Mass. Arms Company
In the Circuit Court of the United States, district of Massachusetts, Samuel Colt vs. the Mass. Arms Company
The trial of Samuel Colt
Petition of Samuel Colt
Saml. Colt's own record

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Brussels
Active from: 2022-09

Discography

Official site Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2
Total plays: 36

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works: 3
Cited by: 8

Research areas

Materials sciencePolymerChemistryOrganic chemistryComposite material

Most cited works

Synthetic design and investigation of novel polymeric surfactants2015 · 8 cit
The interaction between collagen and calcium ion in the presence of synthetic polymers1998 · 0 cit
Can non-isothermal decomposition measurements be used to assess aging of polymers?.2015 · 0 cit

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,391x
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,147x
Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
· 1998 · cited 12,294x

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Commons category: Samuel Colt
date of birth: 1814-07-22
date of death: 1862-01-10
Commons Creator page: Samuel Colt
name in native language: Samuel Colt

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Article

Samuel Colt (/koʊlt/; July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.

Colt's first two business ventures were producing firearms in Paterson, New Jersey, and making underwater mines. His business expanded rapidly after 1847, when the Texas Rangers ordered 1,000 revolvers during the American war with Mexico. During the American Civil War, his factory in Hartford supplied firearms both to the North and the South. Later, his firearms were used widely during the settling of the western frontier. When Colt died in 1862, he was one of the wealthiest men in the United States.