02568nam 2200565Ia 450 991078898630332120230725050417.01-282-58524-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(OCoLC)503645846(FINmELB)ELB142779(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 BritainBiographyInventors609.2Earle James1541224MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788986303321Commodore squib3793262UNINA