Munroe, Charles Edward

Munroe, Charles Edward (1849—1938). Leader in the development of expls in the USA. Inventor of the first American smokeless powder, Indurite (qv), and discoverer of the Munroe Effect (See Detonation, Munroe-Neumann Effect (Or Shaped Charge Effect) in Vol 4, D442-R to D454-L). Professor of chemistry at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md, 1874—1886 chemist at the Naval Torpedo Station and Naval War College, Newport, RJ, 1886—1892 professor of chemistry at George Washington University, 1892—1917 and chief expls chemist of the US Bureau of Mines, 1919—1933. Author and co-author of numerous publications on expls Refs 1) H,W. Wiley, 1EC 15, 648-9 (1923)... 

Fiovite 10. Charles Edward Munroe (1919-1938). Leader in the develop-meot of explosives i the United States. Invented mdnrite. a variety of smokeless powder, and discovered the Munroe effect. Professor of chemistry at the U. 8. Naval Academy. Annapolis. Maryland. 1874-1886 chemist at the Naval Toipedo Station and Naval War College. Newport, Rhode Island. 1886-1892 professor of chemistry at George Washington University. 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 (he Bureau of Mines. 

Browne, 1939. C. A. Browne. Charles Edward Munroe, 1849-1938 . Journal of the American Chemical Society 61 1301-1316. 

Charles B. Dudley Charles E. Munroe Edward Williams Morley William McMurtrie Frank Wigglesworth Clarke... 

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