Isaac Newton Lewis

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human military officer

Isaac Newton Lewis was an American Army officer and inventor best known for creating the widely used Lewis machine gun in the early 20th century.

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Isaac Newton Lewis canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
associatedWith early 20th-century military innovation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
developed Lewis gun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lewis machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork firearms design ⓘ
military technology ⓘ
givenName Isaac NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableAchievement contribution to Allied small arms capability in World War I ⓘ
creation of a widely used air-cooled machine gun ⓘ
hasPartIn history of automatic firearms ⓘ
influenced development of light machine guns ⓘ
knownFor automatic weapons innovation ⓘ
designing the Lewis machine gun ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableWork Lewis gun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lewis machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation inventor ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
usedFor World War I military service ⓘ

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Lewis machine guns → designer → Isaac Newton Lewis ⓘ
subject surface form: Lewis machine gun
Lewis machine guns → patentHolder → Isaac Newton Lewis ⓘ
subject surface form: Lewis machine gun
Lewis gun → designer → Isaac Newton Lewis ⓘ
Lewis gun → namedAfter → Isaac Newton Lewis ⓘ