CHAPTER 8 part1

Question 1

Father of the percussion ignition

Answer 1

Alexander John Forsyth

Question 2

was to take that discovery on to great heights in the form of commercial explosives including dynamite.

Answer 2

Alfred Bemhard Nobel

Question 3

was an Italian chemist, born in Casale Monferrato. He was studying under Théophile-Jules Pelouze, who studied nitroglycerin at the University of Turin, who had worked with the explosive material guncotton

Answer 3

Ascanio Sobrero (October 12, 1812 – May 26, 1888)

Question 4

one of the first to state sound ballistics theories, in his New Principles of Gunnery in 1742.

Answer 4

Benjamin Robins

Question 5

A German monk was credited for the application of gunpowder for propelling missile. In 1346 Cannon was used by King Edward III of England. In 1453, Mohammed of Turkey used Cannon in conquering Constantinopole.

Answer 5

Berthold Schwartz (1300)

Question 6

developed a reliable small caliber automatic pistol in 1866.

Answer 6

Carl Walter

Question 7

of Chicago Illinois is credited with producing the first commercial bullet proof vest available to the public starting in the late 1800s. The first bullet proof vest was designed in 1538 when Francesco Maria della Rovere asked Fillippo Negroli to create one. Maximillian II, a Roman Emperor was the first to test it out.

Answer 7

Casimir Zeglen

Question 8

formed and developed the ArmaLite, Incorporated in 1950

Answer 8

Charles Dorcester and George Sullivan

Question 9

was a German-Swiss chemist who is best known for inventing the fuel cell (1838) and his discoveries of guncotton and ozone.

Answer 9

Christian Friedrich Schönbein (18 October 1799 – 29 August 1868)

Question 10

Patented the first pump-action shotgun in 1882. In 1900, the first auto- loading shotgun was created by John Browning. In 1988, O.F. Mossberg and Sons developed the first shotgun chambered to fire 3.5-inch 12-gauge cartridges, which held more and larger steel pellets

Answer 10

Christopher Spencer

Question 11

Father of Modern Ballistics

Answer 11

Col. Calvin H. Goddard

Question 12

maker of Carbine Rifle.

Answer 12

David “Carbine” Williams

Question 13

one of the first rifle makers

Answer 13

Eliphalet Remington

Question 14

designed a machinery of making Colt firearms

Answer 14

Elisha King Root

Question 15

developed AR15/ M16 Rifle.

Answer 15

Eugene Stoner

Question 16

designer of the Service Pistols of Soviet Forces. Received an award – Hero of Socilaist Labor. Born in 1871 at Egorlikskaya, Russia.

Answer 16

Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev

Question 17

designed 9mm Parabellum Cartridges. Born in Austria in 1849.

Answer 17

George Luger

Question 18

is a manufacturer of firearms which was managed by Edmond Heckler together with Mauser, Theodore Koch and Alex Seidel.

Answer 18

Heckler and Koch

Question 19

discovered in 1832 that nitric acid, when combined with starch or wood fibers, would produce a lightweight combustible explosive material, which he named xyloïdine

Answer 19

Henri Braconnot

Question 20

– manufacturer of pocket pistols. Born in 19th Century.

Answer 20

Henry Derringer