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Robert Fulton and the submarine

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 · 1922 · New York, Columbia University Press · 21 pictures

A 1922 Columbia University Press study by engineer William Barclay Parsons reconstructing Robert Fulton's submarine and torpedo work from his drawings and papers, written for historians of technology and naval readers. Plates reproduce Fulton's own pen-and-wash sections, elevations and lettered mechanical details of the Nautilus, plus tonal shore scenes of small craft, offering hull profiles, hatch and valve diagrams, and annotated draughtsman's line work.

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 · Submarines (Ships)

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0