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unusual facts about William George Armstrong



English cannon

The carronade disappeared from the Royal Navy from the 1850s after the development of steel, jacketed cannon by William George Armstrong and Joseph Whitworth.

Jesmond Dene

The park was first laid out by William George Armstrong and his wife, of Jesmond Dene House, during the 1860s.

Siege artillery in the American Civil War

In defending the works that were the objects of Federal siege operations, the Confederates used a hodge-podge of weapons seized from Federal arsenals and fortifications, naval guns, Confederate-made versions of pre-war designs, and imported rifled guns, such as the Whitworth and Armstrong rifles.


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