Samuel Colt, American Inventor

Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 - January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now Colt's Manufacturing Company) made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable. Colt's manufacturing methods were sophisticated, his use of interchangeable parts helped him become one of the first to use the assembly line efficiently. His innovative use of art, celebrity endorsements, and corporate gifts to promote his wares made him a pioneer of advertising, product placement, and mass marketing. In 2006, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

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