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John P. Holland, 1841-1914 : inventor of the modern submarine

Title: John P. Holland, 1841-1914 : inventor of the modern submarine / by Richard Knowles Morris.
Author: Morris, Richard Knowles.
Publication: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1998.

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Description

xx, 221 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

A classic of maritime history updated with new information, John P. Holland 1841-1914 is the sole full-length biography of the man whose technological innovations led to the launching of the first modern submarine in May 1897. While David Bushnell may be considered the father of the submarine, Holland devised the technical improvements that enabled a craft to operate equally effectively whether submerged or surfaced, and it was his design that the U.S. Navy purchased in 1900. Richard Knowles Morris draws on diaries and papers left by his grandfather, a longtime friend of Holland and a superintending engineer of the Holland Torpedo Boat Company (later Electric Boat), to trace the inventor's eventful life.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biography
Biographies.
History.

Note

Originally published: Annapolis, Md. : United States Naval Institute, 1966. With new pref.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212) and index.

ISBN

157003236X
9781570032363

LCCN

97024118

OCLC

ocm37277509
37277509
SCSB-537881

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library