Model of Two Congreve Rockets with Launching Gear, Model of two fire rockets on a launcher or chair, for use on land. Made from light-colored wood. The rockets themselves consist of a pointed cylinder to which the side is attached with a long stabilizing stick. The chair consists of a ladder-shaped frame that together with two legs forms a tripod, a running ring is arranged at the front of the frame, which can be wrapped around the foremast of a sloop and guides the movement of the frame during lifting and lowering for aiming and loading, and is provided with a trap. A metal chamber with flint lock is mounted on each leg of the frame. The flint locks have tractors with holes for a tractor rope, these are very long for this model, the locks are also mirror images of one another, one left-handed, the other right-handed. The heads of the rockets are placed under two brackets in the chambers, the stabilizing rods are inserted by brackets on the legs of the frame. The model is equipped with a wick stick with a round bracket for a single wick., anonymous, 1804 - 1805 and/or c. 1810 - c. 1840, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), rope, l 54.5 cm × w 6 cm
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