Submarine Design, Robert Fulton, 1806
Submarine Vessel, Submarine Bombs and Mode of Attack for the United States government by Robert Fulton, 1806. Submarine vessel, longitudinal section. Robert Fulton (1765 - 1815) was an American engineer and inventor. While living in France, Fulton designed the first working muscle-powered submarine, Nautilus, between 1793-97. On July 3, 1801, at Le Havre, Fulton took the Nautilus down to the then-remarkable depth of 25 feet
Picture No
14028250
Media ID
47826136
Size
3679px x 2522px
(6.3MB)
Credit
Library of Congress / Science Source / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Library of Congress
Date
1806
