Naval Torpedo Station

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)... 

In 1888, the American, Professor C.E. Munroe (Ref la), while working at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rl, observed that if a block of cast high explosive with letters indented on the surface was placed with the letter-side against a metal plate and exploded, the letters would be reproduced indented on the metal plate. This phenomenon was explained by the fact that two or more explosive waves will resolve into a resultant wave which is of much greater force than any of the original waves. 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport,Rl Naval Weapons Laboratory, Dahlgren, Va... 

Of late yean the subject of harbor defense by means of torpedoes used offensively against an attacking fleet, hsn ettracted greet attention, and a naval torpedo-station has b n established at Goat Island, Newport Harbor, for tire purpose of Instruction in their use end manegement on board vessels specially constructed for this object. See Toapxno-aoAT. 

RELATIVE SENSITIVENESS TO DETONATION (by Professor C.E. Munroe, U S. Naval Torpedo Station). 

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