Commodore Squib : The Life, Times and Secretive Wars of England's First Rocket Man, Sir William Congreve, 1772-1828.
Title:
Commodore Squib : The Life, Times and Secretive Wars of England's First Rocket Man, Sir William Congreve, 1772-1828.
Author:
Earle, James.
ISBN:
9781443818155
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (298 pages)
Contents:
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 -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Sir 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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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