Model of Two Congreve Rockets with Launching Gear, Model of two fire rockets on a launcher or chair, for placement on a sloop. The rockets themselves consist of a pointed cylinder, the tip of which is the fire bomb and the rear part is the rocket engine, a long stabilizing pole is mounted on the outside of the cylinder. The chair is a ladder-shaped frame with a race ring suspended around a mast, which stands on a round base, with a fall over the disc at the top of the mast, the frame is hoisted and lowered for aiming and loading. A beam with a metal chamber and flint lock is mounted on each leg of the frame with a set of brackets. The flint locks have tractors with holes for a tractor rope. The head of the rocket is placed under two brackets in the room. The spark from the flint lock is bounced off a plate in the room to get to the back of the rocket., Rijkswerf Rotterdam (attributed to), 1804 - 1805 and/or c. 1818, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), iron (metal), leather, rope, mast: h 73.8 cm frame: l 123.5 cm × w 13.5 cm.

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Caption: Model of Two Congreve Rockets with Launching Gear, Model of two fire rockets on a launcher or chair, for placement on a sloop. The rockets themselves consist of a pointed cylinder, the tip of which is the fire bomb and the rear part is the rocket engine, a long stabilizing pole is mounted on the outside of the cylinder. The chair is a ladder-shaped frame with a race ring suspended around a mast, which stands on a round base, with a fall over the disc at the top of the mast, the frame is hoisted and lowered for aiming and loading. A beam with a metal chamber and flint lock is mounted on each leg of the frame with a set of brackets. The flint locks have tractors with holes for a tractor rope. The head of the rocket is placed under two brackets in the room. The spark from the flint lock is bounced off a plate in the room to get to the back of the rocket., Rijkswerf Rotterdam (attributed to), 1804 - 1805 and/or c. 1818, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), iron (metal), leather, rope, mast: h 73.8 cm frame: l 123.5 cm × w 13.5 cm

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Image size: 6145 × 5016 px | 88.2 MB

Print size: 52.0 × 42.5 cm | 2419.3 × 1974.8 in (300 dpi)

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