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This is a biography of John P. Holland, whose technological innovations led to the launching of the first modern submarine in May 1897. The work draws on diaries and papers to trace the inventor's eventful life, including frustration with the US Navy and the eventual loss of his company.
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On Monday, 17 May 1897, the late edition of The New York Times carried a masterpiece of cautious reporting in its account of a ship launching earlier that day: . . . the Holland, the little cigar-shaped vessel owned by her inventor, which may or may not play an important part in the navies of the world in the years to come, was launched from Lewis Nixon's shipyard this morning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
submarine navigation, petroleum engine, submarine torpedo boat, superintending engineer, running submerged, submarine boats, underwater craft, boat company, underwater boats, dynamite gun, mechanical flight, submarine development, second submarine, little submarine, dredging company, diving planes, pneumatic gun, mate second class, modern submarine, positive buoyancy, submarine design, first submarine, conning tower Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Holland, United States, New York, Fenian Ram, Navy Department, John Philip Holland, Electric Boat Company, Skirmishing Fund, Holland Torpedo Boat Company, Simon Lake, Christian Brothers, New Suffolk, Isaac Rice, Lewis Nixon, Secretary of the Navy, Zalinski Boat, Frank Cable, John Devoy, New Jersey, Charles Morris, O'Donovan Rossa, Bay Ridge, Lieutenant Commander, Passaic River, Long Island New!
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On Monday, 17 May 1897, the late edition of The New York Times carried a masterpiece of cautious reporting in its account of a ship launching earlier that day: . . . the Holland, the little cigar-shaped vessel owned by her inventor, which may or may not play an important part in the navies of the world in the years to come, was launched from Lewis Nixon's shipyard this morning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
submarine navigation, petroleum engine, submarine torpedo boat, superintending engineer, running submerged, submarine boats, underwater craft, boat company, underwater boats, dynamite gun, mechanical flight, submarine development, second submarine, little submarine, dredging company, diving planes, pneumatic gun, mate second class, modern submarine, positive buoyancy, submarine design, first submarine, conning tower Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Holland, United States, New York, Fenian Ram, Navy Department, John Philip Holland, Electric Boat Company, Skirmishing Fund, Holland Torpedo Boat Company, Simon Lake, Christian Brothers, New Suffolk, Isaac Rice, Lewis Nixon, Secretary of the Navy, Zalinski Boat, Frank Cable, John Devoy, New Jersey, Charles Morris, O'Donovan Rossa, Bay Ridge, Lieutenant Commander, Passaic River, Long Island New!
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- Robert Fulton and the Submarine by Robert, Jr. Fulton in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne on page 6, and Back Matter
- Long Island (America and Her People) by Bill Harris in Front Matter
- The Naval History of the Civil War by Admiral David D. Porter in Back Matter
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (vol. 007) by James L. Mooney in Back Matter
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- United States Submarines by David Hinkle in Back Matter
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