ROBERT FULTON
AND THE
SUBMARINE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Columbia University
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ROBERT FULTON 1765–1815 FROM A SELF-PORTRAIT IN THE POSSESSION OF L. F. LOREE
PORTRAIT OF FULTON
ROBERT FULTON
AND
THE SUBMARINE
BY
WM. BARCLAY PARSONS
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS 1754–1893 IN LITTERIS LIBERTAS
New York
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
1922
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1922
By Columbia University Press
Printed from type. Published December, 1922
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THE PLIMPTON PRESS
NORWOOD · MASS · U·S·A
To
A. R. P.
WHO IN THE LINE OF DUTY DURING THE WORLD WAR
CROSSED AND RECROSSED THE HOSTILE SUBMARINE ZONE
THIS ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SUBMARINE
IS INSCRIBED
W. B. P.