Karl Wilhelm von Bormann

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Karl Wilhelm Freiherr von Bormann (born April 1, 1796 in Senftenberg in Niederlausitz , † November 25, 1874 in Brussels ) was a German - Belgian general .

Bormann initially served in the royal Saxon artillery and later joined the Belgian artillery as a captain . Here in 1835 he invented the ring-shaped time fuse with a fixed cover for the shrapnel of smooth artillery , in the place of which Breithaupt placed the rotating tempier plate in 1854 . Bormann was raised to the Belgian nobility in 1859.

Karl Wilhelm von Bormann died on November 25, 1874.

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SURNAME Bormann, Karl Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bormann, Karl Wilhelm Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian general
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Senftenberg , Lower Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1874
Place of death Brussels