11th April 2016 by What's What Team

From where is the name ‘rocket’ derived?

The name ‘rocket’ comes from the Italian word rocchetta, a name of a small firecracker created by the Italian artificer Muratori in 1379. Rocchetta means ‘little fuse’.

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