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Forensic science in the 1910s
victor balthazard was A Professor of Forensic Medicine at Sorbonne. Balthazard is famous for discovering that the tools used to make gun barrels never leave the same markings. He also discovered that each gun barrel leaves a different groove pattern on the bullet . Also how to match the bullet grooves to the specific gun by using photographs.This was important in Forensic history because it allowed them to match bullets with a particular gun, whoever owns the gun become a suspect.


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