The Details of the Rocket System
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DRAWN UP BY COLONEL CONGREVE
1814.
Reproduced from an original edition made available by the Library of the Royal Artillery Institute, Woolwich, to whom British Aircraft Corporation wish to express their appreciation.
BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION GUIDED WEAPONS DIVISION
THE DETAILS OF THE ROCKET SYSTEM:
SHEWING
THE VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF THIS WEAPON, BOTH FOR SEA AND LAND SERVICE, AND ITS DIFFERENT USES IN THE FIELD AND IN SIEGES ;
ILLUSTRATED BY PLATES OF THE PRINCIPAL EQUIPMENTS, EXERCISES, AND CASES OF ACTUAL SERVICE,
WITH GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ITS APPLICATION,
AND A DEMONSTRATION OF THE COMPARATIVE ECONOMY OF THE SYSTEM.
DRAWN UP BY COLONEL CONGREVE, FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ROCKET CORPS, AND OTHERS WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
Sir William Congreve
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INTRODUCTION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
General Instructions for the Use of Rockets, both in the Field and in Bombardment, shewing the Spirit of the System, and its comparative Powers and Facilities.
CONSTITUTION AND STRENGTH OF A TROOP OF ROCKET HORSE ARTILLERY.
THE EQUIPMENT OF ROCKET CAVALRY.
OF THE EQUIPMENT OF THE AMMUNITION HORSE.
ROCKET CAVALRY IN LINE OF MARCH, AND IN ACTION.
ROCKET CARS.
ROCKET INFANTRY IN LINE OF MARCH, AND IN ACTION.
THE MODE OF USING ROCKETS IN BOMBARDMENT.
THE MODE OF USING ROCKETS IN BOMBARDMENT, FROM EARTH WORKS, WITHOUT APPARATUS.
A ROCKET AMBUSCADE.
THE USE OF ROCKETS IN THE ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF FORTIFIED PLACES.
OF THE USE OF ROCKETS BY INFANTRY AGAINST CAVALRY, AND IN COVERING THE STORMING OF A FORTRESS.
THE USE OF ROCKETS FROM BOATS.
THE USE OF ROCKETS IN FIRE SHIPS, AND THE MODE OF FITTING ANY OTHER SHIP FOR THE DISCHARGE OF ROCKETS.
ROCKET AMMUNITION.
CONCLUSION.
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