Hasan al-Rammah

Hasan al-Rammah (died 1295) was an Arab[1] chemist and engineer during the Mamluk Sultanate who studied gunpowders and explosives, and sketched prototype instruments of warfare, including what some have maintained is a torpedo.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Elgood, Robert (1995). Firearms of the Islamic World: In the Tared Rajab Museum, Kuwait. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781850439639.
  2. ↑ Hinds, Joseph (23 February 2009). "Very, Very Early Torpedoes". Great History. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Williamson, Mitch (21 April 2013). "Hassan Al Rammah". Weapons and Warfare | Military History and Hardware. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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