e burst officers, at Peconic Bay, on the north coast of Long made a trip in a submarine boat which a Hollander of of enthnsiasm. It did not take long, however, to as- Island, assuredly marks the advent of a new erain the the name of Van Drebbel built in London in 1664, but development of subinarine… … submerged by filling her bal- utes, and demonstrated ner last tanks with water and ability to respond to a summons raised by means of a rudder to sink beneath the surface, ap- which moved around a horizontal axis. The crew boat, but it proved thoroughly impracticable. Then proach a ship, discharge…
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