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<p>Created page with &#039;In case anybody is still wondering about the cartridges connected with the &#039;Indian Mutiny&#039;/ Indian Uprising: &quot;The powder was supplied in pre-measured &#039;&#039;&#039;paper cartridges&#039;&#039;&#039; that…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In case anybody is still wondering about the cartridges connected with the &#039;Indian Mutiny&#039;/ Indian Uprising:<br /> <br /> &quot;The powder was supplied in pre-measured &#039;&#039;&#039;paper cartridges&#039;&#039;&#039; that were &#039;&#039;&#039;greased to make them waterproof.&#039;&#039;&#039; To load the gun, the soldier was to &#039;&#039;&#039;bite off the end of the cartridge and pour the powder into the muzzle.&#039;&#039;&#039;&quot; (Daniel R. Headrick. &#039;&#039;Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present.&#039;&#039; Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton UP, 2009. 260.) .<br /> <br /> Tearing the coated paper by hand would also have been possible - and indeed was later allowed - but opening the cartridge with your teeth was quicker and left one hand free, things which were important in a war.</div>

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