Fulminate Propulsion – An unusual 19th century path to cartridge firearms. Part 1: Béatus Béringer, the inventor by Matthew Schneiderman and T.E.Bradstreet. French patents 5512 5695, horizontally-rotating-chamber, breech cap Infanteriegeweer Model 1871/88 Beaumont (Geweer Klein Kaliber) by Guy and Leonard A-R-West FHBSA. Beaumont-Vitali, two-piece bolt knob, Vitali magazine, Petrus Stevens Maastricht, cruciform socket bayonet, 11x52R cartridge, Atjeh War An Officer’s Kit: The Sale of Handguns by James Purdey & Sons during World War One by DR Nicholas A Harlow. Colt New Service, Webley Mark V Mark VI, WG Army, Webley auto, Webley-Fosbery, Colt Government Model, Colt automatics, The Von Oppen Letters October 1875 - November 1875. Colt’s Patent FireArms Manufacturing Co. Office & Depot, 14 Pall Mall, S.W.London, Pieri thumb-release rifle, loading gate and London trademark, trial pistols Biographies Guy and Leonard Alston-Roberts-West, Matthew Schneiderman, Nick Harlow