The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon, 1874

Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss (1826–February 14, 1885) was one of the leading American ordnance engineers of his day. Image File history File links Hotchkiss cannon. ... Image File history File links Hotchkiss cannon. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Ordnance is a general term for a quantity of military equipment, usually specifying the ammunition for artillery, bombs, or other large weapons. ... Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ...

Hotchkiss was born in Watertown, Connecticut, and moved to Sharon, Connecticut in childhood; his early experiments were made there in his father's hardware factory. Starting in the 1850s, he was employed as a gunmaker in Hartford, working on Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles. Watertown is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut. ... Sharon is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the northwest corner of the state. ... // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Colts Manufacturing Company (CMC) is a United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1847. ... Winchester rifle refers to an early family of repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company that was used widely in the United States during the latter half of the 19th century. ...

After the American Civil War, the U.S. government showed little interest in funding new weapons. In 1867, Hotchkiss moved to France and set up a munitions factory near Paris named Hotchkiss et Cie. At about this time, he developed a revolving barrel machine gun known as the Hotchkiss gun (which would see use in the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890); the gun was made in four sizes from 37 mm to 57 mm, the largest intended for naval use. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon picture published 1874 Hotchkiss was a French arms and car company established by American engineer Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, who was born in Watertown Connecticut. ... The Hotchkiss gun can refer to different products of the Hotchkiss arms company starting in the late 1800s. ... Combatants Sioux United States Commanders Big Foot† James W. Forsyth Strength 120 men 230 women and children 500 men Casualties 153 killed 50 wounded 150 missing 25 killed 39 wounded The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last major armed conflict between the Lakota Sioux and the United States, subsequently described... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...

He was married to Maria Bissell Hotchkiss, who founded the Hotchkiss Library in Sharon in her husband's memory, as well as the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut. Maria Bissell Hotchkiss was the wife of U.S. engineer Benjamin B. Hotchkiss. ... The Hotchkiss School is an independent, American college preparatory boarding school located in Lakeville, Connecticut. ... Lakeville, Connecticut is a village in Salisbury in Litchfield County, Connecticut, on Lake Wononskopomuc. ...

He was not buried with his poor widow.

External links

• Hotchkiss' patent application for Improvement in Projectiles for Rifled Ordnance
• Brief biography of Benjamin Hotchkiss