Congreve rocket

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Con´greve rock´et

See congreve and cf. Rocket.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Sixty-eight pounders to demolish huts of cocoanut boughs, and Congreve rockets to set on fire a few canoe sheds!

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This later led to the development of the Congreve rocket.

He is credited with developing an early, indigenous rocket known as the Mysorean rocket, a prototype of British Congreve rockets used in the Napoleonic wars.

Muslim warrior king's rocket arsenal uncovered

Major General Ross's army of marines, sailors and other regular British troops was much smaller at 4,500 men, and at only 3 guns and a very inaccurate Congreve rocket brigade, their artillery force was lacking considerable firepower.

The battle of Bladensburg and the burning of Washington: in late summer 1814, an overconfident force of U.S. regulars, militia and marines thought they would easily defeat the outnumbered British assault force on the outskirts of Washington; their confidence proved unfounded

Sir William Congreve, responsible for the 1814 Jubilee, took advantage of Woolwich's skills in public proofs to secure the success of his most enduring invention, the 'Congreve rocket', an iron-bodied, scaled-up version of the skyrocket adapted for military purposes, which was used extensively in British campaigns throughout the nineteenth century.

The fate of new technologies such as the Congreve rocket could depend on these skills.

The arsenal as spectacle

Congreve's son, (also William) invented the Congreve Rocket, which inspired the line `the rocket's red glare', in the American anthem.

Gunpowder and roses

(Fireworks, and Congreve rockets, have a heavy stick for the same reason.) The first flight was not a great success, rising to the dizzy height of 41 feet (12.5m).

Designing for spaceflight: the story so far

After Sultan's defeat, the British improved on his rocket technology to develop the Congreve rockets that were deployed in the Napoleonic Wars and the 1814 Battle of Baltimore.

Tipu Sultan's legacy being resurrected at a museum in Kolkata

44 The famous British Congreve rockets were inspired by the successful use of rockets against British forces by which 18th-century opponents?