Snider
JACOB, inventor of a method for converting Enfield muzzle-loading rifles into breechloaders, originally a Philadelphia wine merchant, busied himself in inventions connected with dyeing, brewing, coach wheels, the sheathing of ships, etc., and went to England in 1859 to induce the British Government to adopt his system of breech loading or converting.
In this he succeeded, but for one reason or another found himself unable to obtain the expected remuneration. He died Oct. 25, 1866, without having received the reward of his labors, worn out by delays, lawsuits, poverty, and debts.