Toussaint-Henry-Joseph Fafchamps
✓ Source-basedstableBelgian inventor (1783-1868)
ScientistsLived 1783 to 1868 · aged 84
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Toussaint-Henry-Joseph Fafchamps, sometimes spelled Fafschamps, was a Belgian Army captain from Blegny, near Liège. In 1851, with the Belgian gunsmith Joseph Montigny and the Fusnot company, he developed what is sometimes considered the first machine gun in history, 10 years before the advent of the Gatling gun.
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1783 to 1868 · aged 84
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