02533nam 2200553Ia 450 991046459100332120200520144314.01-282-58524-X97866125852411-4438-1815-1(CKB)3390000000009090(EBL)1133148(OCoLC)830167725(SSID)ssj0000832931(PQKBManifestationID)11512037(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832931(PQKBWorkID)10935795(PQKB)11672577(MiAaPQ)EBC1133148(Au-PeEL)EBL1133148(CaPaEBR)ebr10677072(CaONFJC)MIL258524(EXLCZ)99339000000000909020100827d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCommodore squib[electronic resource] the life, times and secretive wars of England's first rocket man, Sir William Congreve, 1772-1828 /by James EarleNewcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars20101 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-1770-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; INVENTIONS AND TREATISES OF SIR WILLIAM CONGREVE,1772-1828; NOTES; INDEXSir William Congreve, political propagandist, lawyer, inventor, and Chief Equerry to King George IV, was one of the foremost military salesmen of the early nineteenth century. When England faced the overwhelming might of Napoleonic France, Sir William championed the potential of secret weapons, notably gunpowder rockets, mass-produced by the latest advances in manufacturing science. His was a world of fireships, bomb brigs, invasion fleets, experimental warfare, espionage, and the intense ho...InventorsGreat BritainBiographyElectronic books.Inventors609.2Earle James893690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464591003321Commodore squib1996353UNINA