Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski, was a Polish-born American soldier, military engineer and inventor. He is best known for the development of the pneumatic dynamite torpedo-gun.
Edmund Zalinski as US Army Captain
Edmund Zalinski' pneumatic dynamite torpedo gun
Holland IV , also called the Zalinski Boat in 1885
A dynamite gun is any of a class of artillery pieces that use compressed air to propel an explosive projectile. Dynamite guns were in use for a brief period from the 1880s to the beginning of the twentieth century.
Zalinski guns at Battery Dynamite, Fort Winfield Scott, San Francisco
USS Holland at the Holland Torpedo Boat Station in 1898. The muzzle door of the bow dynamite gun is open.
Sims-Dudley 4 Inch Dynamite Gun on Field Mount