<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Minié balls</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31355089</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:35:44</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">minie bullet</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Minieball</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Minieballs</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Minié ball</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Minié bullets</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">ball, Minie</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">balls, Minié</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">bullet, Minie</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">bullets, Minié</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Muzzleloading rifle bullets with a conical head, cylindrical body, and a three-grooved hollow base which, upon firing, expanded to fill the barrel rifling. They were developed in the mid-19th century by Captain Claude-Étienne Minié, among others, but rapidly grew obsolete with the increasing use of breechloading firearms and practical fixed ammunition in the late 19th century. ]]></dc:description></metadata>