- The
Minié ball, or
Minie ball, is a type of hollow-based
bullet designed by Claude-Étienne
Minié for muzzle-loaded,
rifled muskets.
Invented in 1846 shortly...
-
Minié or
Minie may
refer to: Claude-Étienne
Minié (1804-1879),
French Army
officer and
weapons designer Minié rifle,
designed by Claude-Étienne
Minié...
- The
Minié rifle was an
rifled musket used by the
infantry of a
number of
countries in the mid-19th century. A
version was
adopted in 1849
following the...
- that
Atlanta children were
heard reciting this version: Eenie, meenie,
minie, moe,
Catch the
emperor by his toe. If he
hollers make him say: "I surrender...
-
famous was the
Minié system,
invented by
French Army
Captain Claude-Étienne
Minié,
which relied on a
conical bullet (known as a
Minié ball) with a hollow...
- the
Minié ball in 1846, and the
Minié rifle in 1849. He
succeeded the
pioneering work of Henri-Gustave
Delvigne and Louis-Étienne de Thouvenin.
Minié served...
- it was
difficult to clean. The soft lead
Minié ball was
first introduced in 1847 by Claude-Étienne
Minié, a
captain in the
French Army. It was another...
- (simply
called rifles in
modern terminology)
using the
Minié ball (invented by Claude-Étienne
Minié in 1849)
became common. The
development of breech-loading...
-
Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (October 25, 1912 –
March 4, 1996),
known professionally as her
stage character Minnie Pearl, was an
American comedian who...
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fouling was
solved by the
Minié ball,
which was
invented in 1846 by
French inventor Claude-Étienne
Minié.
Despite its name, the
Minié ball was not a round...
