Christopher Miner Spencer collection, 1833-1922.
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Inventor of repeating rifle, automatic shotgun, and other items, of Manchester and Windsor, Conn. From the description of Christopher Miner Spencer collection, 1833-1922. (Windsor Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70954182 Inventor and industrialist, of Windsor, Conn.; holder of many patents including an automatic silk-winding machine, various hand tools, automatic screw machines, and a breech-loading repeating firearm; with Charles Ethan Billings, opened a forge shop...
