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200 10$aCommodore squib$b[electronic resource] $ethe life, times and secretive wars of England's first rocket man, Sir William Congreve, 1772-1828 /$fby James Earle
210   $aNewcastle upon Tyne $cCambridge Scholars$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (298 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCONTENTS; 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; INDEX
330   $aSir 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...
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