NHD

Step 2:

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• What is you historical innovation?

My groups historical innovation is the Gatling Gun

• When was it created?

The Gatling Gun was created in 1861.

• Who is credited for this innovation?

Dr .Richard Jordan Gatling was the inventor of this innovation,

2.

• What was the problem this innovation solved?

This innovation didn't really "solve" anything so to say , but Dr. Gatling is said to have invented this gun to decrease the number of troops in an army.

Annotations

"Gatling gun -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 14 Nov. 2009. .
This article is pointed towards an audience who has little to none knowledge on the Gatling gun. It gave me a basic knowledge and helped me as a starting point. This article taught me Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling created the Gatling gun , the wars it was used in , and the varations of the gun.

"The US Civil War, the First Modern War." Http://www.aeragon.com/. Æ™ Aeragon®. Web. <http://www.aeragon.com/03/>. - This article is a primary source. - This article shows relations and connections to the American Civil War. - The article seems to be geared to a audience who wants to increase their knowledge on the Civil War.( Persons with some intrest in the topic) - This article will help me minorly because it's only brief history on the Gatling Gun in the Civil War , however it's a starting point.

Faust, Patricia L., ed. "The Gatling Gun." Historical times illustrated encyclopedia of the Civil War. 1986. Print. http://www.civilwarhome.com/gatlinggun.htm . Online Article.
The Entry concering the Gatling Gun in " Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of The Civil War" is a primary source , this entry is for the reader or researcher who is intrested in furthing their research on The Gatling Gun. Summarizing the entry : This gun had limitied ussage in the American Civil War , and was not offically adopted by U.S. forces untill after improvements in the year 1866. This weapon was developed by Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling in 1861. Gatlings' reason for creating this gun ; My Dear Friend. It may be interesting to you to know how I came to invent the gun which bears my name; I will tell you: In 1861, during the opening events of the war, (residing at that time in Indianapolis, md.,) I witnessed almost daily the departure of troops to the front and the return of the wounded, sick, and dead. The most of the latter lost their lives, not in battle, but by sickness and exposure incident to the service. It occurred to me if I could invent a machine--a gun-- which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a great extent, supersede the necessity of large armies, and consequently, exposure to battle and disease be greatly diminished. I thought over the subject and finally this idea took practical form in the invention of the Gatling Gun. Yours truly, R.J. Gatling "

McSherry, Patrick. "The Gatling Gun." http://www.spanamwar.com/Gatling.htm . Web. .
"The Gatling Gun" By Patrick McSherry is an article that gives you a genreal and indeph view on Gatling Guns. The article also tells you the effects this gun had on the Spanish-American War. This entry also shows a way my innovation connects with Philadelphia , ". The gun was subject to a variety of problems, including jamming, and was modified at Cooper's Firearms Manufactory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania".

"US Military History Companion: Battle of San Juan Hill." Answers.com. Wikipedia. Web. http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-san-juan-hill This sources' information leads me to believe this article was written to give more indeph knowledge on the Battle Of San Juan Hill. This article gave me more information on the Battle of San Juan Hill, as well as information on the Gatling gun being used in this battle.

"Theodore Roosevelt." Web. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
I used this sources to get a basic knowledge of Teddy Roosevelts time in the United States Army. This article is written to the viewpoint of a person who knows little of the topic and wants a genreal understanding.


"Battle of San Juan Hill at AllExperts." Expert Archive Questions. Web. 14 Nov. 2009. .
This source helped me expand my knowlege of the battle. It taught me who lead the Americans troops in this battle.


Bellis, Marry. "Gatling Gun - History of the Gatling Gun." Inventors. Web. 22 Nov. 2009. .


Ellis, John. Social history of the machine gun. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1986. Print.



Gatling, Richard J. The Gatling Gun Patent Drawling. Patent 36836. 4 Nov. 1862. Print.

This is the patent drawling of the Gatling gun. This blueprint shows the different parts pf the gun.

Gatling Gun

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4166407.pdf

http://www.aeragon.com/03/

http://www.civilwarhome.com/gatlinggun.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/machineguns.htm

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

NHD Riffling

According to "http://www.chuckhawks.com/rifle_barrel.htm" The purpose of rifling is to stabilize the bullet to increase its accuracy. This is called spin stabilizing, and works because of gyroscopic forces acting on the spinning bullet during flight. American rifle barrels traditionally spin bullets to the right. Rifling is the process or operation of cutting spiral grooves in a rifle barrel to cause the bullet to spin and accurately hit its target.

NHD Project : Changed

  My group and I have decided to change our NHD topic from solar energy to the Colt Single Action Army which is sometimes nicknamed Colt 45 , possibly because it shoots a .45 cartridge. The Colt Single Action was a weapon used only by American forces , it was used in the Spanish-American War and several small wars with Native-Americans. In 1873 it was adopted as the standard military pistol. This weapon was in service from 1873 to 1892. This weapon was developed by Colt's Manufacturing Company , in America. 

or

  The M1911 Pistol , which is a semi.-automatic weapon. This gun also has the nickname of Colt 45. It has seen many wars including WWI , WWII , Korean War , and Vietnam War.  In 1911 this weapon the standard United States pistol from 1911 to 1985 , although it is still used by the United States troops unofficially to this day. This weapon was developed in the U.S. in 1911 by John M. Browning , whom is credited for 128 gun patents. 

*I'm not positive which gun we are doing yet because both guns have the nickname colt 45 , and my group members said we're doing the " colt 45 ", I will find out today and post my dession tomorrow.*

Update: For our project we chose the M1911.

Service Learning

Ideas I found for service learning on dosomething.org are to volunteer at places such as the SPCA , to help animals ; gardens to help the enviorment.