clockwise rotation to impart stability in flight.

In a ca. 1816 article (written before the 1816 Anglo-Dutch attack on Algiers), a description of the rockets is followed by mention of 1-ton rockets being taken aboard that fleet. It is suggested that "the impetus of their prodigious weight would force them indifferently through earth and mason-work."

Contrary to popular belief, rockets could not out-range the equivalent smooth bore guns of the period. In real terms, the maximum effective range for the 12-pounder rockets and for

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