Christopher Miner Spencer
Inventor
1833 – 1922
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Who was Christopher Miner Spencer?
Christopher Miner Spencer was an American inventor, from Manchester, Connecticut, who invented the Spencer repeating rifle, one of the earliest models of lever-action rifle, a steam powered "horseless carriage", and several other inventions. He developed the first fully automatic turret lathe, which in its small- to medium-sized form is also known as a screw machine.
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- Born
- Jun 20, 1833
Manchester - Also known as
- Christopher Spencer
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Manchester
- Died
- Jan 14, 1922
Windsor
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on July 23, 2013
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