Dec 29, 2009

Salem on History | First Test of a Submarine in Warfare

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Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
Categories: Science, Military History, Technology, Inventions
Subcategories: American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Wars, Battles, Ships, Naval History, Engineering, Engineers
Curriculum: American Revolutionary History (1776-1788)
Geographical Location: New York
Date: September 6-7, 1776

Article abstract: Technology is driven and advanced by the need to succeed in revolutionary combat.

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David Bushnell was known throughout his native Connecticut for his inventive mind. While on his father’s farm, he had developed a harrow with flexible teeth, which farmers could use in the stony New England fields without the teeth’s breaking constantly. As a student at Yale College, he became interested in the possibilities of exploding kegs of black powder under water. Traditional theories of the time held that such an explosion...

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Salem on History | First Test of a Submarine in Warfare

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