<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Minié balls</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>bullets</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>minie bullet</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Minieball</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Minieballs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Minié ball</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Minié bullets</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ball, Minie</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>balls, Minié</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bullet, Minie</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bullets, Minié</topic></variant> <note 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. ]]></note></mads>