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be spoken of as having "improved upon,” "re-introduced ,”* or "perfected,”f 
a shell invented by Germans or French some hundred of years back. I 
desire to see his claim to the invention , universally and unhesitatingly 
conceded. If it should appear that I have opposed successfully the adverse 
claims which have been put forward, or if I have in any way contributed to 
establish on a firm basis the title of our English artillerist to the full merits 
attaching to this important invention, I shall not regard the time which the 
investigation has necessarily occupied as otherwise than well spent. 
* t( Remit en usage.” Piobert, p. 253. 
f “ Perfectionnes,” Thiroux, p. 299. 
