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TITLE: Bushnell's American turtle
CALL NUMBER: Illus. in UG1 .U47 no. 3 [General Collections]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-110384 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Print shows three views of the "Turtle", a one-man submarine designed and built by David Bushnell to attach bombs to British warships during the American revolutionary war.
MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1881]
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NOTES:
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Illus. in: The beginning of modern submarine warfare, under Captain-Lieutenant David Bushnell, Sappers and miners, Army of the revolution / being a historical compilation arranged by Lieut.-Colonel Henry L. Abbot, Corps of engineers, U.S.A.... [Willets Point, N.Y.H.] : Printed on the Battalion press, Sergt. Carmichael and Pvt. Beck, printers, 1881.
Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 195.
SUBJECTS:
Bushnell, David,--b. 1740.
Submarines--American--1770-1780.
Submarine warfare--American--1770-1780.
FORMAT:
Book illustrations 1880-1890.
Engravings 1880-1890.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c10384 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c10384
CONTROL #: 2006691759
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