“Exploding shells became far more deadly only after the Revolutionary War
when in 1784, Lieutenant Henry Shrapnel of the British Royal Artillery
invented the eponymous type of ammunition that consisted of
a spherical hollow shell loaded with explosive powder and musket balls.”
Ron Soodalter
The Quarterly Journal of Military History
Winter 2015
Volume 27, Number 2
The Chronicles of Egydyus Flombosi 