- DREYSE, NICHOLAUS VON
- inventor of the needle-gun, born at Sömmerda, near Erfurt, the son of a locksmith, and bred to his father's craft; established a large factory at Sömmerda for a manufactory of firearms; was ennobled 1864 (1787-1867).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.