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Commodore squib : the life, times and secretive wars of England's first rocket man, Sir William Congreve, 1772-1828 /
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, nota...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle :
Cambridge Scholars,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443817707 1443817708 9781443818155 1443818151 128258524X 9781282585249 9786612585241 6612585242 |