Subject: Extract from "Gunpowder to Guns" p68 (J Lewis 2009). Congreve Rocket images
Description: Rocket Troop member standing next to Congreve rockets ready for firing. The largest Congreve rocket ever manufactured weighed 32 pounds; the head measured three feet and required a stabilising block of 15 feet (4.57 metres).
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