Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE DETAILS OF THE ROCKET SYSTEM: DRAWN UP BY COLONEL CONGREVE 1814. Reproduced from an original edition made available by the Library of the Royal Artillery Institute, Woolwich, to whom British Aircraft Corporation wish to express their appreciation. BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION GUIDED WEAPONS DIVISION THE DETAILS OF THE ROCKET SYSTEM: SHEWING _THE VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF THIS WEAPON, BOTH FOR SEA AND LAND SERVICE, AND ITS DIFFERENT USES IN THE FIELD AND IN SIEGES_; ILLUSTRATED BY PLATES OF THE PRINCIPAL EQUIPMENTS, EXERCISES, AND CASES OF ACTUAL SERVICE, WITH GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ITS APPLICATION, _AND A DEMONSTRATION OF THE COMPARATIVE ECONOMY OF THE SYSTEM._ DRAWN UP BY COLONEL CONGREVE, FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ROCKET CORPS, AND OTHERS WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. London: PRINTED BY J. WHITING, FINSBURY PLACE. 1814. INTRODUCTION. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT, to whose gracious patronage the Rocket System owes its existence, having been pleased to command the formation of a Rocket Corps, on the 1st of January, 1814, by augmentation to the Regiment of Artillery, as proposed by his Lordship, the EARL OF MULGRAVE, Master General of the Ordnance; I have thought it my duty to draw up the following details of the System, for the Instruction of the Officers of the Corps, for the information of the General Officers of the British Army, and that of such departments as it is important for the good of the service, to make acquainted with the principles of this new branch of our naval and military means of offence and defence.