DELVIGNE, Henri Gustave (1800 - 1876)

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French army officer and inventor who designed innovative rifles and helped introducing the cylindrical bullet.

Delvigne joined the French army as a youth and attained the rank of captain of the royal guard. In 1826 he introduced the Delvigne rifle, the powder chamber of which was narrower than the barrel. When the rifle ball was dropped down the barrel against the chamber, a few blows of the ramrod expanded the ball to fit the rifled grooves snugly. Although this system had several drawbacks, it performed well in Algeria and was used extensively. Delvigne began experimenting with elongated bullets as early as 1830. He designed a cylindro-conical bullet with a hollow base that would expand to fit the rifling grooves when fired. Although he did little to further develop the bullet, the basic idea was adopted by the French inventor Claude-Étienne Minié in the widely used Minié ball.
Delvigne designed a chambered breech rifle that was adopted by France in 1842. His experiments and developments were essential to later advances in firearms. He also introduced new grenade designs.

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DELVIGNE, Henri Gustave

History

* 10.04.1800	Hambourg	nacido
1826		Invention du fusil Delvigne.
1826		Invention d'une balle qui pourrait se tasser et s'expanser pour surmouler les rainures du canon du fusil.
1830		Décoré de la Légion d'honneur.
1862 - 1874		Mise au point et amélioration d'un revolver (15 améliorations), Invention et fabrication des revolvers dont le système 1873.
1866		Promu officier du même ordre en 1866.
1871	Belgique	Utilisation de ce système de revolver en Belgique.
1873	France	Utilisation de ce système de revolver en France.
1873	Hollande	Utilisation de ce système de revolver Hollande.
1874	Italie	Utilisation de ce système de revolver en Italie.
† 18.10.1876	Toulon	fallecido

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Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_24736004.html

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DELVIGNE, Henri Gustave (1800 - 1876)