Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (20 May 1772 16 May 1828) was an English inventor and rocket artillery pioneer distinguished for his development and deployment of Congreve rockets. He was son of Lt. General Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet, the Comptroller of the Royal Laboratories at the Royal Arsenal, raised in Kent, England, educated at Singlewell School and educated in law at Trinity College, Cambridge. Congreve died in Toulouse, France. Congreve was inspired to work on iron-cased gunpowder rockets for use by the British military from prototypes developed by the Irish Nationalist Robert Emmet for use during Emmet''s 1803 Rebellion (though Congreve would subsequently omit the inspiration of Emmet and claimed many of Emmet''s innovations as his own.) . He first demonstrated solid fuel rockets at the Royal Arsenal in 1805. He considered his work sufficiently advanced to engage in two Royal Navy attacks on the French fleet at Boulogne, France, one that year and one the next. Parliament authorized Congreve to form two rocket companies for the army in 1809. Congreve subsequently commanded one of these at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813.

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  • Allgemeine Informationen
    • Titel Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet
    • Format Fachbuch
    • EAN 9786130928803
    • Größe H220mm x B220mm
    • Herausgeber Betascript Publishing
    • Anzahl Seiten 96
    • Editor Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
    • Genre Geschichte
    • GTIN 09786130928803

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