Sir William Congreve Traditional Cache
pack64: Will fix in spring
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1411 N 4th St
Tomahawk, WI 54487-2155
Sir William Congreve was born on May 20, 1772 and died on May 16, 1828. He was an English artillery officer who invented a rocket around 1804 for use in warfare that improved on simple black-powder rockets. They were first used militarily against the French on October 8, 1806 at Boulogne and later at Copenhagen and Leipzig. By 1830, most European armies had copied them. He also invented a gun-recoil mounting, a steam engine, a triple-paper process for colored watermarks and a "perpetual-motion" machine. He created a wheelchair for himself after losing the use of his legs. He designed a vessel propelled by a "wave-wheel" and a human-powered aircraft. His 18 patents also include making of gunpowder, gas lighting, hydro pneumatic canal locks, a rolling-ball clock, and a built-in sprinkler system.
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