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Inventor of the First Portable Air Cooled Machine Gun
LEWIS, Isaac Newton (1858-1931). U.S. Army officer who invented the Lewis Gun, electric car lighting and more. The Lewis Gun created in 1911 was a portable air cooled machine gun, gas operated with a rate of fire of 500-600 rounds per minute. The gun weighed 28 pounds and was carried by a single soldier. It was used by the British and French and later by America in WWI and up until the 1950’s. Autograph letter signed, one page, on his name imprinted stationery. Montclair, new jersey, Feb. 9. 28. Lewis writes to an autograph collector assuring him that the signature at the bottom of this letter is genuine. Light browning to the top and bottom of the page from prior framing. A very scarce signature......$110.00
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