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JAMES LONSDALE (1777-1839)

Sir William Congreve (1742-1814)

c. 1805-10

RCIN 405149

As Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory, Sir William Congreve made important advancements in the production of gunpowder for allied troops fighting in the Napoleonic Wars.

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