Le captaine ZALINSKI [ZALINSKI Edmund Ludwik 1849-1909], biography and graphic by H. Sorensen and on a separate plate a graphic by E. van Muyden

Le captaine ZALINSKI [ŻALIŃSKI Edmund Ludwik 1849-1909], biography and engraving by H. Sorensen and on a separate plate engraving by E. van Muyden, f. 18.5 x 28cm, p. 4, f. plates 1, all in French

biography and two portraits of an interesting figure, of Polish origin, distinguished for the American army and the development of military technology

ŻALIŃSKI Edmund Ludwik [1849-1909] soldier and inventor, U.S. Army officer, was born in the Prussian partition, in Kórnik (Greater Poland), soon emigrated with his parents to the United States . As a 15-year-old, he joined the US Army as a volunteer to fight during the Civil War on the side of the Union [North]. He invented and developed a pneumatic torpedo gun with an electric fuse, collaborated with John Holland in the construction of submarines, and was the inventor of the folding paddle, the so-called "shovel".