Edward Mounier Boxer (c. 1822-1898) was anEnglishinventor.

Edward M. Boxer was acolonel of theRoyal Artillery.

In 1855 he was appointed Superintendent of theRoyal Laboratory of theRoyal Arsenal at Woolwich.

in 1858 he was elected aFellow of the Royal Society.

He is known primarily for several of his inventions:

• The 1865 "Boxer rocket", an earlytwo-stage rocket, used for marine rescue line throwing^[1]
• His 1866 "Boxer primer", very popular forcenterfire ammunition. Ironically, the British widely adopted theberdan primer, invented by an American, while Boxer's British design was almost universally used for American cartridges.
• Also his earliertime fuze for artillery.^[2]

• Hiram Berdan, inventor of the competing primer
• Rocket
• Centerfire ammunition
• History of rockets

• Edward Mounier Boxer atFind a Grave
• Colonel Edward Boxer R.A.
• Development of the Life-saving Rockets

• English inventors
• British rocket scientists
• 1820s births
• 1898 deaths

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