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9781840370669

The Garrett Enigma: And the Early Submarine Pioneers

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  • ISBN13:

    9781840370669

  • ISBN10:

    1840370661

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-07-01
  • Publisher: Stackpole Books
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6(1)
PROLOGUE 7(2)
1 BACKDROP 9(4)
2 THE SUBMARINE 13(6)
3 EARLIEST DAYS TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 19(12)
4 BUSHNELL'S TURTLE 31(4)
5 THE DAY WAGER 35(3)
6 ROBERT FULTON 38(12)
7 EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY 50(6)
8 WILHELM BAUER 56(5)
9 1854-1878 61(6)
10 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 67(10)
11 THE TEN YEARS PRECEDING GARRETT 77(10)
12 THE TORPEDO 87(2)
13 THE EGG 89(14)
14 RESURGAM 103(19)
15 BREATHING APPARATUS 122(2)
16 IMPLICATIONS OF THE LOSS OF RESURGAM 124(5)
17 THE NORDENFELT LIAISON 129(16)
18 NORDENFELT IV (THE SOUTHAMPTON OR RUSSIAN BOAT) 145(10)
19 PRE-MORTEM, POST-MORTEM OF THE LIAISON 155(6)
20 MINOR DEVELOPMENTS UP TO 1900 161(4)
21 MORE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS UP TO 1900 165(18)
22 U.S. NAVY DEPARTMENT ADVERTISEMENT FOR TENDERS TO BUILD A SUBMARINE 183(3)
23 GARRETT THE IMMIGRANT 186(3)
24 TWENTIETH CENTURY 189(16)
25 LEGACY 205(1)
APPENDIX I GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOATS FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY 206(6)
APPENDIX II PROVISIONAL PATENT SPECIFICATION FOR SUBMARINE OR SUBAQUEOUS BOATS OR VESSELS TAKEN OUT BY THORSTEN NORDENFELT - FEBRUARY 1881 212(1)
APPENDIX III PATENT SPECIFICATION FOR SUBMARINE OR SUBAQUEOUS BOATS OR VESSELS TAKEN OUT BY THORSTEN NORDENFELT - 17 AUGUST 1881 213(5)
APPENDIX IV PATENT SPECIFICATION FOR SUBMARINE BOATS FOR PLACING TORPEDOES ETC TAKEN OUT BY GEORGE WILLIAM GARRETT - 8 MAY 1878 218(3)
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES 221(1)
INDEX 222

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