Congreve rocket

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The Congreve rocket was a type of rocket artillery designed by British inventor Sir William Congreve in 1808. The design was based upon the rockets deployed by the Kingdom of Mysore against the East India Company during the 1790s, several of which were sent to Great Britain after 1799. The project was continued chiefly with William Congreve, who set up a research and development programme at the Woolwich Arsenal's laboratory. After development work was complete the rockets were manufactured in quantity further north, near Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills. The rockets were used by the British, the Russians, Austria, and Paraguay during the nineteenth century.

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