Samuel colt biography book

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    • Samuel Colt

    American industrialist and inventor (–)

    For other people named Samuel Colt, see Samuel Colt (disambiguation).

    Samuel Colt

    Engraving by John Chester Buttre, c.&#;

    Born()July 19,

    Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.

    DiedJanuary 10, () (aged&#;47)

    Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.

    Resting placeCedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
    Occupation(s)Inventor, industrialist, businessman, hunter
    SpouseElizabeth Hart Jarvis (m. –)
    Relatives
    AwardsTelford Medal

    Samuel Colt (; July 19, &#;– January 10, ) 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; both ended in disappointment. His business expanded rapidly after , when the Texas Rangers ordered 1, revolvers during the American w