Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS (20 May 1772 – 16 May 1828) was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor. A pioneer in...

the inventor Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772–1828), inventor William Congreve (died 1843), Lord of the Manor at Aldermaston Billy Congreve (1891–1916)...

The Congreve rocket was a type of rocket artillery designed by British inventor Sir William Congreve in 1808. The design was based upon the rockets deployed...

William Hale (21 October 1797 – 30 March 1870), was a British inventor and rocket pioneer. Hale was born in Colchester, England in 1797. He was self-taught...

gunpowder. He was succeeded by his son, William, the second Baronet, who gained fame as the inventor of the Congreve rocket. The title is presumed to have...

name the matches "Congreves" in honour of the inventor and rocket pioneer, Sir William Congreve as it is sometimes stated. The congreves were the invention...

Samuel Colt (1814–1862), U.S. – Revolver development Sir William Congreve (1772–1828), UK – Congreve rocket George Constantinescu (1881–1965), Romania – creator...

vessel HMS Aetna, equipped with a heavy mortar, arrived with William Congreve, inventor of a rocket artillery system which was to be used in the attack...

Industrial Revolution in the United States. August 24 – William Congreve patents the Congreve clock with a rolling ball regulator. Bryan Donkin patents...

others are Moseley, after Henry Moseley, Congreve, after William La Touche Congreve, and Case, after William Sterndale Case, a master from 1910 to 1922...