Famously, the Americans and the British both used Congreve rockets during the war of 1812; Francis Scott Key's "The Star Spangled Banner" refers to "the rockets' red glare" at the Battle of Fort ...

Meanwhile in England, inventor William Congreve was struggling to make rockets fly even 600 yards. Never doubt imperialist ingenuity, though. A modified version of the Mysorean rocket was soon ...

From 1806, Congreve rockets were widely employed against Napoleon’s forces on both land and sea, with varying success. Congreve had even devised launching racks (he called “rocket frames”).

"That's congreve rockets," she told NPR's Scott Simon in 2010. "If you've ever set off a bottle rocket in your backyard on the 4th of July, that's a small version of congreve rocket." ...

"That's congreve rockets," she told NPR's Scott Simon in 2010. "If you've ever set off a bottle rocket in your backyard on the 4th of July, that's a small version of congreve rocket." ...