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The Development of Jet or Rocket Propulsion*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

J. Stemmer  and
V. P. Akimoff
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The rocket goes far back into history. In the Thirty Years’ War, it played a conspicuous part in the capture of Philippsburg in 1645. During the Napoleonic Wars, General .Congreve used rocket projectiles to force the fall of Boulogne (1806) and of Copenhagen (1807). The latter town, for instance, received a total of 120,000 rockets. It may be concluded, therefore, that in former times, this type of projectile must have played the part of modern artillery.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 47 , Issue 396 , December 1943 , pp. 407 - 418
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1943

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Footnotes

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Printed by permission of the Ministry of Aircraft. Production (R.T.P.). R.T.P. Translation No. 1330.

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