shrapnel shell, first world war. (Lead and mercury of those shells were an important source of pollution during this war and after.
<p>Picture made by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lamiot" title="User:Lamiot">Lamiot</a> from original drawings in Hamilton, Douglas Thomas"s book
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<br>Based on British Government ordnance manual
1915
<p>travail personnel, from pae 3 of the book, "Shrapnel shell manufacture. New York: Industrial Press, 1915" Chapter XI.
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