Palliser, SIR WILLIAM, C.B.

Palliser, SIR WILLIAM, C.B., was born at Dublin on 18th June 1830, and entered the army as a cavalry officer. In 1863 he invented the chilled shot (see SHELL) that bears his name, and a system of strengthening cast-iron ordnance by the insertion of a steel tube. He retired in 1871, sat for Taunton as M.P., and died 4th February 1882.