In typical use, the French 75 could deliver fifteen rounds per minute on its target, either shrapnel or
melinite high-explosive , up to
Kaynak: Canon de 75 modèle 1897In 1887 the French government adopted it under the name
melinite, with addition of gun cotton . Since 1888, Britain started manufacturing
Kaynak: Eugène TurpinAt midnight, having failed to remove the bandits, French authorities succeeded in positioning one and a half kilograms of
melinite in the
Kaynak: Octave Garnierbe manufactured in two pieces they were inherently weak at the base thus sometimes letting hot gases detonate the
melinite inside the shell.
Kaynak: Louis Renault (industrialist)Turpin , inventor of the explosive
melinite , who claimed that the "mad scientist" character in Verne's book Facing the Flag was based on him
Kaynak: Raymond PoincaréA still stronger explosive material –
melinite – was introduced in 1886 by France and 1888 by Germany. As a consequence the Commission
Kaynak: Poznań FortressThus in 1890 , the archivist Boutonnet was condemned for selling the plans of the shells that used
melinite . The German military attaché
Kaynak: Dreyfus affairFurthermore, the Japanese used mostly high-explosive shells with shimose (
melinite ), which was designed to explode on contact and wreck
Kaynak: Battle of Tsushima