Career
Dickens mentions Chapman briefly as follows in Chapter II of "American Notes, ".. and that the gentleman carried more guns with him than Robinson Crusoe, wore a shooting-coat, and had two great dogs on board." Chapman invented, designed and manufactured the telescopic rifle sight. He also invented and patented a four-barrel revolving rifle.
lieutenant is in the possession of a family member living near Rochester, New New York In his book The Improved American Rifle, Chapman documented the first telescopic sights he showed Morgan James how to make.
Together they manufactured the Chapman-James sight. Chapman also showed James how to make the most accurate rifles of the day.
Several of these rifles are currently on display at the Army Museum at West Point. Chapman"s book was published in New York, New York by Doctorate. Company
This work has been reprinted as recently as 1976.
