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Robert Fulton and the submarine (1922)

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 · New York, Columbia University Press · leaf 123

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part of this Vessel being 6 feetdiameter and 24 feet long will have an Area of 672 cube feeton allowing a Man to consume the Oxygene of 20 Cubic feetin an hour it would be suffecient for one Man for 33 hours orfor 6 men for 5 hours or should each Man consume the oxy-gene of only 15 cube feet in an… … A is a cast Iron or copper box one cube yard or 27 cube feet.Into this 20 atmospheres may be compressed by proper pumpsB is a measure of half a cube foot C. D two cocks C beingshut D is opened and the measure B filled D is then Shutand C opened which lets the measure of air circulate in theVessel,…

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

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