Show First Fuat Use Ue of Shrapnel The shrapnel shell was Invented In In 1784 by Henry Shrapnel It It A and was origInally called the spherical spherical cal case shot After consIderable do- do delay dolay lay this projectile was adopted by the British government and was apparently entry first used against the French Tench at the tho Battle Battlo of Rolica In 1808 In 1852 the BrItish arm army adopted the name shrapnel In honor ot of Its In Inventor inventor There have ha been some changes In shrapnel but the prInciple Is the same |