The Details of the Rocket System

by Sir William Congreve

Transcriber’s Note:
Cover created by Transcriber, using an illustration from the original book, and placed in the Public Domain.

THE DETAILS
OF
THE ROCKET SYSTEM:

DRAWN UP BY
COLONEL CONGREVE

1814.

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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

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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.

London:
PRINTED BY J. WHITING, FINSBURY PLACE.
1814.

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