This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Early History of the Most Deadly Modern Sea Fighters
A survey traces submarine development from ancient diving bells to 19th century iron craft. It covers Aristotle and Tyre, Bohaddin, Van Drebel, Mersenne, Sy mons, Bushnell, Fulton, Bauer, and Civil War submersibles, detailing propulsion, hulls, and torpedo experiments shaping modern undersea warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Tyre
Alexander
Bohaddin
Ptolemais
Cornelius van Drebel
Robert Boyle
Oxford
Father Mersenne
Order of Minimes
Wilhelm Bauer
Bauer
David
Charleston
Paine
Fort Sumter
Cooper River
Dixon
Twenty-first
Confederate Infantry
Housatonic
Charleston Harbor
Inner Harbor