Cartridge

A metallic cartridge in which the fulminate is placed in the rim surrounding the head. This rim being struck at any point, explodes the powder. Formerly much used in pistols and magazine-guns. These cartridges are not reloaders. Rimpler System of Fortification. — A system in which the besieger must carry two ravelins before reaching the counterscarp; then he must attack the fau e-braie, the bastion, its entrenchment and furthermore drive the defenders from the casemates.