title: A history of firearms identification to 1930.
abstract: This is a history of the science of firearms examination which for the most part originated with the report by Dr. Albert Hall in 1900 about the basic problems of bullet identification. The literature of the early part of the century is reviewed and individual articles apropos to this subject are analyzed. The American experience is reviewed, including the activities of Dr. Goddard up to 1930. He discusses the investigation of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago.
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D003418:Criminology / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D014481:United States