19th Century Continuation 1 1818: Invention of the percussion ignition cap in England by Joseph Egg of Solothurn, Switzerland: 10 pts hunting powder, 5 pts Potassium chlorate. 1824: Perkins, constructed a steam artillery. Kadenz 240 per minute. Its problem was hauling and operating the steam producing apparatus. 1826: Invention of a magazine lock for 60 to 100 Igbition caps by the mathematition Paazig in Dresden. 1831: Use of the artillery Monster Morter, with 22 inch caliber, at the siege of Antwerpen. The powder chamber holds 30 pounds of black powder. The bomb weighs 900 pounds, loaded 1000 pounds. The artillery weighs 14,000 pounds. One shot cost 500 Swiss Francs (aprox. $500) at the time. 1835: Development of the needle ignition rifle by Johann Nikolaus Dreyse from Sömmerda by Erfurt. (Beginning of the development around 1826) 1835: The Belgian Colonel Bohrmann manufactures a timed ignition; the shrapnel ignition, that allowed an exact regulation of the burning time.