Talk:Congreve rocket

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[edit] History

Hello. In the History section, I have changed the word "invent" to "develop", on the basis that Congreve explicitly derived inspiration from existing Indian rockets. I would submit that "invent" suggests large amounts of creativity, when it is accepted that Congreve's rockets were a development from an exisiting invention. Alex DJS 16:27, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

It seems that the Mysorean Rockets used by Tipu Sultan have their own history, and they are not actually Congreve rockets (which developed from them). Shouldn't they have their own page? Centrepull (talk) 16:22, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I tend to agree with you. Give them their own page; and as they inspired the Congreve rocket, provide a summary and link back with {main} or {see also}.Pyrotec (talk) 17:22, 11 December 2007 (UTC)