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Key Information
- Title:
- Congreve Rockets
- Object Name:
- Magazine
- Date/Period:
- 1821
- Location on Display:
- Museum - Not Currently on display
- Accession No:
- KINCM:2005.5340
- Other Numbers:
- W3.198.76
- Brief Description:
- A single page (P. 519-520) from the Gentleman's Magazine of December 1821. It has a letter, dated 10th December and signed 'W.R.', concerning the account of the use of Congrave rockets in the whale fisheries that appeared in the October issue of the magazine. The correspondent points out that the 'idea of firing on whales is not a new discovery' and cites a record from 1772 of an experiment 'tried in Greenland Dock'.
Dimensions:
| Type | Height | Width | Depth | Diameter | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213[mm] | 131[mm] |
