The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 54
politely that the Nautilus would nt do.It was much too novel for old frigate captainsto encourage. Disheartened by this, Fulton went to England,where he gave another successful performancein the Thames by blowing up an old Danishfrigate. Again, his very success was againsthim. The Admiralty… … DIAGRAM OF THE SUBMARINE NAUTILUS. marine, with which he was going to St. Helenato rescue Napoleon! Unfortunately, Napoleondied before the boat was finished. But through-out the first half of the century, men of all na-tions, especially the French, were puzzling oversubmarine construction. Bauer, a…
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