The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives - Sciencemadness Dot Org

FIGURE 10 Charles Edward Munroe (1849-1938) Leader in the development
of explosives in the United States Invented mdunte, a variety of
smokeless powder, and discovered the Munroe effect Professor of chemistry
at the U S Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1874-1886, chemist
at the Naval Torpedo Station and Naval War College, Newport, Rhode
Island, 1886-1892, professor of chemistry at George Washington Univer-
S1 ty, 1892-1917, and chief explosives chemist of the U S Bureau of Mines
in Washington, 1919-1933 Author and co-author of many very valuable
Publications of the Bureau of Mines