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	Sir William Congreve - LoveToKnow 1911
		In 1810 or 1811 he became equerry to the prince regent, with whom he was a great favourite, and in 1811 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society; in the same year he at last received military rank, being gazetted lieutenant-colonel in the Hanoverian artillery.
		In 1820 Sir William Congreve was elected M.P. for Plymouth (for which constituency he sat until his death), and in the following year, at the coronation of George IV.
		Congreve was an ingenious and versatile man of science.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_William_Congreve (590 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > William Congreve
		Congreve died in a London carriage accident in 1729, and was buried in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.
		Born and raised in Kent, William Congreve was educated in law at Trinity College, Cambridge.
		Congreve rockets were used for the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars, as well as the War of 1812 -- the "rockets' red glare" in the American national anthem describes their firing at Fort McHenry during the latter conflict.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/wi/William_Congreve (477 words)

	William Congreve
		Congreve died in a London carriage accident in 1729, and was buried in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.
		Born and raised in Kent, William Congreve was educated in law at Trinity College, Cambridge.
		Congreve rockets were used for the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars, as well as the War of 1812 -- the "rockets' red glare" in the American national anthem describes their firing at Fort McHenry during the latter conflict.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/William_Congreve.html (452 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/William Congreve (inventor)
		General Sir William Congreve, 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 was inspired to work on iron-cased gunpowder rockets for use by the British military, by their use against British troops in India by Tipu Sultan during the Anglo-Mysore Wars.
		Congreve invented a gun-recoil mounting, a time-fuze, a rocket parachute attachment, a hydropneumatic canal lock and sluice (1813), a perpetual motion machine, a process of colour printing (1821) which was widely used in Germany, a new form of steam engine, and a method of consuming smoke (which was applied at the Royal Laboratory).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/William_Congreve_(inventor) (694 words)

	William Congreve (inventor) at AllExperts
		Congreve was awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel in 1811 and was often referred to as "Colonel Congreve."
		Congreve invented a gun-recoil mounting, a time-fuze, a rocket parachute attachment, a hydropneumatic canal lock and sluice (1813), a perpetual motion machine, a process of colour printing (1821) which was widely used in Germany, a new form of steam engine, and a method of consuming smoke (which was applied at the Royal Laboratory).
		Congreve was named as comptroller of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich from 1814 until his death.
	en.allexperts.com /e/w/wi/william_congreve_(inventor).htm (580 words)

	Special Circumstances: William Congreve and the Rockets of Mysore
		This was done by William Congreve, a Cambridge-educated socialite who was an intimate of the Royal Family and whose father was commandant of the Royal Artillery and Woolwich's comptroller.
		Congreve realized early that rockets were particularly suited to naval warfare because, unlike cannons, they did not recoil and destabilize the ship.
		And Congreve was at least indirectly responsible for the national anthem of the United States.
	www.cs.sfu.ca /~anoop/weblog/archives/000243.html (754 words)

	Rocket (physics) - ninemsn Encarta
		His rockets had a sheet-iron case carrying a 3-kg (7-lb) charge of incendiary material; the tail stick, used to stabilize its flight, was 4 m (15 ft) long, and the overall weight of the rocket was 14 kg (32 lb).
		Congreve's rocket was first used in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars, when Britain attacked the port of Boulogne, France, in an attempt to destroy or scatter the fleet of barges mustered by Napoleon for his contemplated invasion of Great Britain.
		In 1847 the British inventor William Hale developed a rocket that was spin-stabilized, eliminating the deadweight of the aerodynamic guidestick.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577900/Rocket_(physics).html (2091 words)

	The Rolling Ball Web - Clocks, Congreve
		Congreve's clock is particularly interesting from the point of view of the history of the development of precision clocks because it represents a very early conscious attempt at a clock whose oscillator is as free as possible from the influence of the escapement.
		Indeed, Congreve's 1808 patent covers the entire concept of what he termed an "extremely detached escapement." This concept was later to be very successful in electromechanical precision pendulum clocks of the 19th and early 20th centuries (e.g., the Hipp "butterfly" toggle mechanism and the Synchronome).
		The Encyclopædia Britannica, Lloyd, and Smith claim that it was Woolwich.) He developed the "Congreve Rocket." Roberts cites their use in "the latter part" of the Napoleonic wars (on land and at sea), at the Siege of Copenhagen (1807), and, under the command of Congreve, at the battle of Leipzig (1812).
	www.marcdatabase.com /~lemur/rbc-congreve.html (4437 words)

	SIR WILLIAM CONGREVE - Online Information article about SIR WILLIAM CONGREVE
		WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. Ger.
		In recognition of their services Congreve was shortly afterwards decorated by the sovereigns of See also:
		London in this year, Congreve arranged the fetes and especially the pyrotechnic displays which the prince regent gave in their See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /COM_COR/CONGREVE_SIR_WILLIAM.html (1252 words)

	Rocket - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Congreve greatly improved rockets as weapons by attaching warheads, or bombs that would explode after the rocket was launched, and by increasing the ranges of rockets.
		These Congreve rockets were accurate and powerful enough to use against the firearms of the early 1800s.
		Despite their stabilizing poles, Congreve rockets were often inaccurate.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761577900___14/Rocket.html (1924 words)

	Remote Piloted Aerial Vehicles: The History of Rockets and Military Rocketry
		William Congreve was intrigued by the reports of these Indian Rocket attacks and set out to equip his own countrymen with weapons to match them in battle.
		These Congreve rockets were built on 6 foot long poles and were fired from a light weight tripod, allowing them to be carried quickly to the front area of a battle field and fired at the enemy, or to be carried on a ship.
		The Congreve 32-pounder war rocket was the most widely used of the gunpowder-propelled war rockets of the early 19th century devised by the Englishman William Congreve (1772-1828).
	www.ctie.monash.edu /hargrave/rpav_rocket.html (4550 words)

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		Congreve's rocket, with a long stick trailing to provide stability, gave way during the mid-19th century to a stickless variety invented by British inventor William Hale.
		His contribution to rocketry was the impartation of spin to stabilize the missile through insertion of three slightly inclined metal vanes in the exhaust nozzle.
		William Hale, another British inventor, invented the stickless rocket in 1846.
	www.lycos.com /info/rockets--colonel-congreve.html (275 words)

	ROCKET,
		When news of the unsuccessful campaigns reached Great Britain, a British ordnance officer, William Congreve (1772–1828), decided to investigate the suitability of the rocket as a weapon of war.
		Congreve’s rocket was first used in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British attacked the port of Boulogne, France, in an attempt to destroy or scatter the fleet of barges mustered by Napoleon for his contemplated invasion of Great Britain.
		Congreve rockets were used in the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md., by the British rocket ship Erebus.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..ro060300.a#FWNE.fw..ro060300.a (3765 words)

	The Regents Canal History
		Firstly an innovative design of lock, the hydro pheumatic lock, invented by William Congreve, was built at Hampstead Road Lock.
		Congreve (later Sir William) was also famous for the invention of military rockets, and in the world of horology.
		William Congreve, an inventor, approached the company with a patent for a hydro-pneumatic double balance lock.
	www.canalmuseum.org.uk /history/regents.htm (1556 words)

	International Space Hall of Fame :: New Mexico Museum of Space History :: Inductee Profile
		William Congreve was born May 20, 1772 in London, England.
		Congreve continued to improve his rockets' range and accuracy, leading many European countries to form rocket corps, usually attached to artillery units.
		Congreve is also usually considered the first modern inventor to propose plating warships with armor (1805) to protect against artillery fire.
	www.nmspacemuseum.org /halloffame/detail.php?id=44 (452 words)

	Watermark1B6
		The Parliament of England passed an Act in the year 1773 in which it was decreed that the death penalty would be levied on anyone found guilty of copying or imitating the watermarks used in the bank-notes of the British Isles.
		The great security of this description of watermark is that the lines of the pattern may cross in the most complicated scroll or cheque work which involves a difficulty in the imitation either by varnish or by cutting out the middle leaf...
		Despite the cleverness of this technique, the use of the paper was not adopted by the Governor and Directors of the Bank of England primarily because Mr.
	www.motherbedford.com /watermarks/Watermark1B6.htm (875 words)

	Rockets for Warfare (18th through 19th Centuries)
		William Congreve's incendiary rocket used fl powder, an iron case, and a 16-foot guide stick.
		The British used Congreve rockets in 1806 to attack Napoleon's headquarters in France.
		In 1807, Congreve directed a rocket attack against Copenhagen; approximately 25,000 rockets were fired.
	history.msfc.nasa.gov /rocketry/tl2.html (247 words)

	Search Results for "William Congreve (inventor)"
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	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=William+Congreve+(inventor) (256 words)

	HISTORIK ORDERS, LTD MEDAL GALLERY ROCKET ARTILLERY/WATERLOO
		The military use of rockets was in its infancy but the Congreve rockets, although of somewhat limited effectiveness in a field battle, paved the way for future developments which were to have a tremendous impact on modern warfare.
		Sir William Congreve (1772 - 1828), also known as Congreve the Younger, was born to William Congreve the Elder.
		Congreve the Younger developed an early interest in engineering and assisted his father at Woolrich.
	www.historikorders.com /rocketartillery.htm (2402 words)

	Unit Study: The Rockets Red Glare
		The British were fortunate that these two men, Lt. Henry Shrapnel and inventor William Congreve were born in England and loyal to the crown.
		William Congreve was intrigued by the reports of these Indian Rocket attacks and set out to equip his own countrymen with weapons to match them in battle.
		These Congreve rockets were built on 6 foot long poles and were fired from a light weight tripod, allowing them to be carried quickly to the front area of a battle field and fired at the enemy, or to be carried on a ship.
	www.homeschoolzone.com /unit-study/lessons/usflag.htm (990 words)

	Poet: William Congreve - All poems of William Congreve
		Poet: William Congreve - All poems of William Congreve
		His parents were William Congreve (1637–1708) and his wife, Mary (née Browning; 1636?–1715); a sister was buried in London in 1672.
		Born and raised in Kent, William Congreve was educated in law at Trinity College,...
	www.poemhunter.com /william-congreve (252 words)

	Congreve
		William Congreve of Great Britain was an artillery officer and inventor who was best known for his work on fl powder rockets that could be used for bombardment of enemy fortifications.
		He based his rocketry on the pioneering work of Indian prince Hyder Ali, who had successfully used them against the British in 1792 and 1799 at Seringapatam.
		Congreve's rockets were used in the Napoleonic Wars and in the War of 1812
	www.astronautix.com /astros/congreve.htm (113 words)

	Seaport Autographs - seaportautographs.htm - norm@seaportautographs.com
		Congreve, he was made a baronet in 1812.
		He was the father of William Congreve, the inventor of the Congreve rocket.
		Bigelow was Minister to France and the author of a biography of Benjamin Franklin.
	www.seaportautographs.com /autographcollections.htm (4556 words)

	19th Century - Light And Heat Including Photography
		It was claimed that the matches in use were not only dangerous by reason of their being rankly poisonous and highly inflammable, but the workmen employed in their manufacture were subject to a peculiar disease of the jawbone, which was loathsome and eventually fatal.
		This outcry, which was raised all over Europe and America, gave inventors an incentive to discover processes and compositions that would reduce this danger to a minimum, if not wholly remove it.
		Sir William Siemens, about the same time that he was constructing his arc-lamp, also invented an electric furnace heated by the voltaic arc.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles35/19th-century-6.shtml (6388 words)

	Scientific American: French Leave (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On one occasion, flushed with recent success and hanging out on the fringes of high society, he partook of the curative waters at Bath with the duchess of Marlborough and her pal, theatrical biggie and playwright William Congreve, not long before Congreve's carriage went over and the old boy died from his injuries.
		Less than a century later, Congreve's descendant Sir William was close to death in a different way: with his newly invented timed-airburst Congreve rockets.
		Which may have been why the machine's original (1798) inventor, Nicholas-Louis Robert, was a citizen of France, where wallpaper was the latest rave, because it gave the fleeting impression that you could afford the tapestries you couldn't afford.
	www.sciam.com /print_version.cfm?articleID=00006239-7869-1C70-84A9809EC588EF21 (1156 words)

	Georgian Index - Glorious Peace
		Colonel Sir William Congreve's inventor's mind devised a mechanism to enable the metamorphosis.
		The upper part of the Temple revolved mechanically by means of a machine, also conceived by Congreve, to reveal the apotheosis of the Prince Regent and the triumph of England.
		Arrival of Alexander I, King William III of Prussia, Marshal Blucher, Prince Metternich, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Prince Leopold in London.
	www.georgianindex.net /G_peace/GJulbile.html (762 words)

	William Congreve (inventor) - Biography of William Congreve (inventor)
		William Congreve (inventor) - Biography of William Congreve (inventor)
		Sir William Congreve (May 20, 1772-May 16, 1828), was an English inventor and rocket pioneer.
		May 20 - 1772 - May 16 - 1828 - English - Inventor - Rocket
	www.spiritus-temporis.com /william-congreve-(inventor) (108 words)

	Blazing the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry. Table of Contents. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		William Moore: "A treatise on the Motion of Rockets," 1813.
		Congreves at the battle of Bladensburg and burning of Washington.
		Tests of new war rockets and speedy procurement.
	astronauticsnow.com /BlazingTheTrail/BlazingTOC.html (554 words)

	Hale, William (1797-1870)
		An English inventor who developed the technique of spin stabilization.
		Even following William Congreve’s work, the accuracy of rockets was not much improved.
		The devastating nature of war rockets was not their accuracy or power, but their numbers.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/H/Hale_William.html (167 words)

	Rocket Basics
		Interest in war rockets was revived during the early 1800's and they were developed and used extensively during what is known to military historians as the "Congreve Period." This interest was the direct result of the heavy damage suffered by British troops in military action against the native ruler, Hydar Ali, Prince of Mysore, India.
		Colonel William Congreve read about the battles and began his experiments with large skyrockets in 1801 or 1802.
		Although never used as a naval or coastal defense weapon by any country, the rocket torpedo was the forerunner of the present-day naval torpedoes powered by electrical motors or steam turbine engines.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/missile/docs/RocketBasics.htm (10727 words)

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