What, according to the American proverb, is the merit of Colonel Samuel Colt to mankind? Detailed answer

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What, according to the American proverb, is the merit of Colonel Samuel Colt to mankind?

American gunsmith Samuel Colt (1814-1862) flooded America with revolvers of his own design in the 1840s. The main advantage of these revolvers was the presence in them of a mechanism for automatically turning the drum and fixing it in position for a shot.

It was then that the proverb appeared among the Americans: "God created people unequal, and Colt equalized them."

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