Inventor Name
Broun, William LeRoy
Repository
Auburn University Archives
Ralph B. Draughon Library
Auburn University, AL 36849-5606
205-826-4465
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/sca
Summary
Broun served as superintendent /commander of the Richmond Arsenal, 1861-1865. He invented the Broun Projectiles, modified versions of the then popular Read projectiles.