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Thorsten Nordenfelt[edit]

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OriginalThorsten Nordenfelt, before 1894
Reason
A rather good photo of a somewhat obscure topic: The inventor who created a business selling one of the first machine guns (albeit based on another person's initial idea).
Articles in which this image appears
Thorsten Nordenfelt + a few just added to.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Business (or maybe Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Military?)
Creator
C.M. Bell (Which, as this photo is from just after Charles Milton Bell's death, was a company being run by his wife, Annie Bell, née Colley; and his sons, Charles Milton Bell, Jr. and Colley Wood Bell); restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Thorsten Nordenfelt. Svensk ubåtspionjär.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:47, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]