Was the use of any kind of chemical weapon feasible during the Napoleonic wars? Modern chemistry had already gotten started in the 18th century, so there was already some rudimentary understanding of certain compounds and processes. Could, for example, poison gases be feasibly used? And was the technology there to deploy such gases, assuming they could be synthesized?
Or would chemical warfare in this era only be feasibly accomplished in traditional ways, e.g. poisoning wells?
Or would chemical warfare in this era only be feasibly accomplished in traditional ways, e.g. poisoning wells?