The Submarine Pioneers

by Compton-Hall, Richard

ISBN13:
9780750921541
ISBN10:
0750921544
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2000-02-01
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
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Summary

Richard Compton-Hall has combined meticulous research with his own experience as a submariner to provide an illuminating insight into the inventions and motivations of the early submarine pioneers.

Acknowledgements

vii

Introduction

Wing Collars and Sea Boots

(11)

Good Thinking and a Quintessential Chymist

(6)

Inspiration from Above

(4)

Not Going Like Clockwork

(2)

Unhappy Day

(4)

An Effort of Genius?

(13)

Monsieur Fulton and Mr Francis

(9)

On His Majesty's Secret Service

(6)

Reaching for Reality

(10)

Peripatetic Coffins

(15)

The Curate's Eggs

(13)

An Irish Invention

(5)

The Salt Water Enterprise

(8)

The Reason Why Not

107

(6)

Misfits

113

(3)

Jamais...trop de sous-marins

116

(7)

Success in the States

123

(14)

Britannia Takes the Plunge

137

(6)

Setting up Shop

143

(13)

Back to the Future

156

(5)

Notes

161

(13)

Select Bibliography

174

(3)

Index

177

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