See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL See also:

• SAMUEL COLT (1814-1862)

COLT (1814-1862)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American inventor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 19th of See also:

• JULY

July 1814 at See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, where his See also:

• FATHER

father had a manufactory of silks and woollens . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of ten he See also:

• LEFT

left school for the factory, and at fourteen, then being in a boarding school at See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, he made a runaway voyage to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, during which (in 1829) he constructed a wooden See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model, still existing, of what was afterwards to be the revolver (see See also:

• PISTOL

PISTOL) . On his return he learned See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry from his father's See also:

• BLEACHING

bleaching and See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing manager, and under the assumed name " Dr Coult " travelled over the See also:

• UNITED

United States and See also:

• CANADA

Canada lecturing on that See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . The profits of two years of this See also:

• WORK

work enabled him to continue his researches and experiments . In 1835, having perfected a six-barrelled rotating See also:

• BREECH (common in early forms to Teutonic languages)

breech, he visited See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and patented his inventions in See also:

• LONDON

London and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, securing the American right on his return; and the same See also:

• YEAR

year he founded at See also:

• PATERSON
• PATERSON, ROBERT (1715-1801)
• PATERSON, WILLIAM (1658-1719)

Paterson, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, the Patent Arms See also:

• COMPANY

Company, for the manufacture of his revolvers only . As See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1837 revolvers were successfully used by United States troops, under Lieut.-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William S . Harney, in fighting against the See also:

• SEMINOLE
• SEMINOLE (properly Simanoli, " renegade," " runaway," in allusion to their secession from the Creek confederacy)

Seminole See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians in See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida . See also:

• COLT, SAMUEL (1814-1862)

Colt's See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme, however, did not succeed; the arms were not generally appreciated; and in 1842 the company became insolvent . No revolvers were made for five years, and none were to be had when See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Zachary See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor wrote for a See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply from the seat of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war in See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico . In 1847 the United States See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government ordered moo from the inventor; but before these could be produced he had to construct a new model, for a pistol of the company's make could nowhere be found . This See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission was the beginning of an immense business . The little armoury at Whitneyville (New Haven, Connecticut), where the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order for Mexico was executed, was soon exchanged for larger workshops at Hartford .

These in their turn gave See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place (1852) to the enormous factory of the Colt's Patent See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, doubled in 1861, on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Connecticut See also:

• RIVER

river, within the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city limits of Hartford, where so many millions of revolvers with all their appendages have been manufactured . Thence was sent, for the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian and See also:

• ENGLISH

English governments, to See also:

• TULA

Tula and See also:

• ENFIELD

Enfield, the whole of the elaborate machinery devised by Colt for the manufacture of his pistols . Colt introduced and patented a number of improvements in his revolver, and also invented a submarine See also:

• BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery for See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence . He died at Hartford on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1862 . COLT'S-See also:

• FOOT

FOOT, the popular name of a small See also:

• HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb, Tussilago Farfara, a member of the natural order See also:

• COMPOSITAE

Compositae, which is See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain in See also:

• DAMP

damp, heavy soils . It has a stout branching underground See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, which sends up in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March and See also:

• APRIL

April scapes about 6 in. high, each bearing a See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright yellow See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, the male in the centre surrounded by a much larger number of See also:

• FEMALE

female . The flowers are succeeded by the fruits, which See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear a soft See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white woolly pappus . The leaves, which appear later, are broadly cordate with an angular or lobed outline, and are covered on the under-See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face with a dense white See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt . The botanical name, Tussilago, recalls its use as a See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine for cough (lussis) . The leaves are smoked in cases of See also:

• ASTHMA (Gr. avBµa, gasping, whence lio-Ogaivw, I gasp for breath)

asthma .