Lindner, Edward

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Lindner, Edward		New York City	New York	1854	1863

Patent	Date	Remarks
11,197	June 27th, 1854	Improved Magazine, Repeating, and Needle Gun Patent drawing Specification Specification 2nd page Specification 3rd page Specification 4th page
14,819	May 6, 1856	Improvement in Breech-Loading Guns see patent
1415 British patent same as 14,819		Improvement in Breech-Loading Guns
17,287	May 12, 1857	Improved Cartridges see patent
17,382	May 26th, 1857	Improvement in Fire-Arms Patent drawing Specification Specification 2nd page Specification 3rd page Specification 4th page
1999 British patent same as 17,382		Improvement in Fire-Arms
23,378	March 29, 1859	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms Patent drawing Specification Specification 2nd page
32,949	July 30, 1861	Improved Mode of Preparing Projectiles for Ordnance see patent
37,173	December 16, 1862	Improvement in Air-Guns see patent
3275 British patent	1863	Sealed Interrupted-Thread Breech for Cannon
2512 British patent	1865	Sliding Interrupted-Thread Breechblock for Centerfire or Needlefire Rifle

Contract	for
November 4, 1862 Colonel William Maynadier	All the carbines made after his plan which he can deliver up to the first of December next at $20 each

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Edward Lindner was german origine. When the Civil War ended he moved back to Germany where he died February 17, 1870. Invented the first system to utilize the emission of gas when firing a gun to action the lock. There was a relationship to Amoskeg Manufacturing Co. which made 400 Carbines and 40,000 rounds of Lindner cartridges (.574 caliber Minie ball) at $25 per gun. In fact they made many of the guns for which Lindner contracted. On the November 4, 1862 contract 5001 carbines were delivered and issued to the 8th West Virginia Mounted Infantry. .48 caliber percussion, 15 shoot (6 in a cylinder and 9 in the tube) rifle. Only one is known .58 caliber percussion, bolt action of which 892 were purchased during the Civil War Mississippi rifle conversation, Lindner conversion altered by Allen and Moore, Boston for the state of Massachusett in 1861 - about 100 made. left side right side breechblock right side Lindner Carbine with breechblock, Model 1861 marked EDWARD LINDNER'S/PATENT/MARCH 29, 1859 in three lines. The models produced in 1861 and 1863 are generally considered First Model or Type I carbines. These were the only type to participate in recorded combat. Several thousands of the Bavarian M 58 rifle were altered after the Podewils-Lindner system in 1867 and therfore called Model M58/67. Podewils = German noble family

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Edward Lindner was german origine. When the Civil War ended he moved back to Germany where he died February 17, 1870.

Invented the first system to utilize the emission of gas when firing a gun to action the lock.

There was a relationship to Amoskeg Manufacturing Co. which made 400 Carbines and 40,000 rounds of Lindner cartridges (.574 caliber Minie ball) at $25 per gun. In fact they made many of the guns for which Lindner contracted.

On the November 4, 1862 contract 5001 carbines were delivered and issued to the 8th West Virginia Mounted Infantry.

.48 caliber percussion, 15 shoot (6 in a cylinder and 9 in the tube) rifle. Only one is known

.58 caliber percussion, bolt action of which 892 were purchased during the Civil War

Mississippi rifle conversation, Lindner conversion altered by Allen and Moore, Boston for the state of Massachusett in 1861 - about 100 made.

left side
right side
breechblock right side

Lindner Carbine with breechblock, Model 1861 marked EDWARD LINDNER'S/PATENT/MARCH 29, 1859 in three lines. The models produced in 1861 and 1863 are generally considered First Model or Type I carbines. These were the only type to participate in recorded combat.

Several thousands of the Bavarian M 58 rifle were altered after the Podewils-Lindner system in 1867 and therfore called Model M58/67. Podewils = German noble family