Haeckel Alexander( Engineer, Major General, military writer)
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Biography Haeckel Alexander
(1845 - 1908). As a captain took part in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877 - 78 years, zaveduya self-propelled mines on the Danube, established mines, such as on board the "Vesta" and "Vladimir" and participated in a minefield raid Bourgas. Upon returning from the war devoted himself to developing the issue of supply of our engineering troops and cavalry, gun-cotton, which produced extensive experiments. Lectured on explosives in the officers' military school of electrical. From his works are best known: "Spoiling and destruction of the horse-drawn railway sappers posts, . Telegraphs, . bridges, and field guns, "" subversives cartridges and their application, "" Factory method for manufacturing nitroglycerin "," Dynamite "," Summary of explosives "," Bibliographic Index of explosives from 1529 to 1882 years. ",
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