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Robert Fulton and the submarine (1922)

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 · New York, Columbia University Press · leaf 38

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merican Minister to France in1801 brought to Fulton his ultimate means of successthrough the partnership that the two men established.Chancellor Livingston, like Fultons other friend, LordStanhope, was interested in philosophical subjects andhad turned his attention to the possibility of… … SUB-SURFACE NAVIGATION 17 even then had almost reached the solution of the en-gineering difficulties, he was without the necessary fundsto put his ideas in concrete form. These funds Living-ston supplied, and, what to a man of Fultons tempera-ment was almost as valuable, personal encouragement…

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

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