# Hasan al-Rammah

> Hasan al-Rammah was a Syrian Arab chemist and engineer during the Mamluk Sultanate who studied gunpowders and explosives, and sketched prototype instruments of warfare, including a rocket-propelled surface weapon designed for water. Al-Rammah described this design as "an egg which moves itself and burns." It was made of two sheet-pans of metal fastened together and filled with naphtha, metal filings, and potassium nitrate. It was intended to move across the surface of the water, propelled by a large rocket and kept on course by a small rudder. Despite being frequently cited as the first "torpedo," historians of technology classify the device as a rocket-propelled surface weapon rather than a modern underwater missile, as it was designed to skim across the surface of the water and lacks historical evidence of actual deployment in combat.

*Syrian chemist and engineer*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1200
- **Died:** 1295
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.3 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 25.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Hasan ar-Rammah](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_ar-Rammah)
- [حسن الرماح](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AD)
- [حەسەن ڕەمماح](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%DB%95%D8%B3%DB%95%D9%86_%DA%95%DB%95%D9%85%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AD)
- [Hasan al-Rammah](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_al-Rammah)
- [Hasan al-Rammah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_al-Rammah)
- [حسن رماح](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AD)
- [Hasan al-Rammah](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_al-Rammah)
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- [Haçane Arrama](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha%C3%A7ane_Arrama)
- [அசன் அல்-ராம்மா](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE)
- [حسن الرماح](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3128063)

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