Similar
Väskinde kyrka - KMB - 16000200030580
State Lib Qld 1 168243 Senorita (ship)
Privateer Dunkerquoise - Drawing. Public domain image.
La jonction de d'Estrée et du duc d'York en mai 1672
Fartygsporträtt-Passagerarångfartyg - Sjöhistoriska museet - S 1474
Antonio barcelo 1738 - A painting of two ships in the ocean
State Lib Qld 1 169495 Tyburnia (ship)
Thomas Chambers - Bay of New York, Sunset
Vapor correo Alfonso XIII, Compañía Transatlántica, gravado de 1898
Related
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Early Rockets, NASA history collection
Summary
Sir William Congreve developed a rocket with a range of about 9,000 feet. The incendiary rocket used black powder, an iron case, and a 16-foot guide stick. In 1806, British used Congreve rockets to attack Napoleon's headquarters in France. In 1807, Congreve directed a rocket attack against Copenhagen.
Tags
william congreve
rocket
british
napoleon
msfc
marshall space flight center
rockets
high resolution
dannmark
copenhagen
sailing ships
ship
nasa
Date
1807
Location
Marshall Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, United States, 35808
,
34.63076, -86.66505
Source
NASA
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)