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>> “the Mysorean, a prototype of British Congreve rockets used in the Napoleonic wars.” The Mysorean is a prototype of British Congreve rockets? I thought the
by godelmachine 8y ago
>> “the Mysorean, a prototype of British Congreve rockets used in the Napoleonic wars.”
The Mysorean is a prototype of British Congreve rockets? I thought the Brit’s adopted rockets ideas from the Mysorean!
- wolfgang42 8y ago> prototype. n. A first, typical or preliminary model of something... from which other forms are developed or copied. So, yes?
- pbhjpbhj 8y ago"prototype _for_ British rockets ..." The "of" suggests an interpretation like "based on", I can see how that phrase could be misinterpreted as an autoantonym.