and Paraguay during the nineteenth century.

Background

The king of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, employed up to 5000 artillerymen specialising in rocket artillery. The launch angle was calculated from the diameter of the cylinder and the distance of the target, and rockets were launched also from wheeled carts. Rockets could be of various sizes, but usually consisted of a cylindrical housing of soft hammered iron about 8 inch long, weighing between 6 and 12 pounds. A rocket carrying about one pound

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