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Adelbert Rinaldo, an American military officer; born in ——ab Va., Nov. 22, 1837; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1861; entered the Ordnance Department; was promoted Colonel in 1889, and became Chief of.Ordnance with the rank of Brigadier- General, April, 1899. He had command of the National Armory in 1881- 1892; is the inventor of a magazine firearm, carriages for light and heavy guns, and parts of models of 1884 EE Springfield rifles; introduced gas forging furnaces and improved methods in the Springfield armory; and originated the niter and manganese method in use there for blueing iron and steel surfaces of small arms, Buffon, George Louis Leclere, Count de, one of the most celebrated naturalists and authors of the 18th century; born in Montbard, Burgundy, Sept. 17, 1707.