it called the murdering rocket? What is the Congreve rocket?
Is Congreve the inventor or improver of this rocket? What are
Congreve rockets loaded or armed with? In what part is the
load placed? Is the case made up of paper or sheet-iron? What
are the sizes of Congreve rockets?"

In the introduction to "Pyrotechnics" Cutbush remarked that he had
consulted many authorities without much advantage, finding the French
the most helpful. Of the English he said:

"As respects the turtle torpedo and catamarin submarine
machines, it appears that Bushnel claims the originality of
the discovery from the date of his invention, although
similar contrivances had long ago been suggested. Fulton's
improvements, in the torpedo, are deserving of particular
attention, but it is plain that the Catamarin of the English
is the same in principle and application as Fulton's torpedo
and that Fulton deserves the merit of it."

The "System of Pyrotechny" bears the ear-marks of much careful
experimental study. It is a most worthy contribution, and is strong
proof of the dominating force in the mind of Cutbush, namely, to make
his science as widely useful as possible. Chemists may justly take
pride in this early contribution in the application of chemical
principles.

The life story of Cutbush has now been told. It is really the story of
his life activities, for regrettable as it is, there does lack a
picture of the man's personality. The parents of James Cutbush were
Edward Cutbush and Anne Marriat. The father was a stone-cutter or
carver. To these good people were given four children: Edward, born in
1772; Ann, in 1782 (who died in 1798); William, born in 1785, and
James in 1788. Edward became prominent as a naval surgeon, while
William graduated from West Point in 1812, and attained eminence as an
engineer.

Indeed, at an early age, William was a midshipman in the United States
Navy, and was taken prisoner by the Algerines at the time the frigate
Philadelphia ran aground in the harbor of Tripoli, from which he was
released after two years' confinement in prison, and returned to the
United States, when he became a cadet in the Military Academy.

James Cutbush must have been a man of mark among his neighbors--as
indicated by sundry positions of trust which he held. Further, he must
have been a favorite with the Cadet Corps at West Point, where he was
buried. His tomb there bears this ins