Published Resources Details Letters Patent

Author
Elliot, W. H.
Title
Improvement in operating a submarine battery connected with a boat or other vessel
Imprint
United States Patent Office, 13 May 1862
Description

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,285.

Accession No.1279

Abstract

"The nature of my invention consists in the employment of a magazine attached to an arm extending from a vessel under water, said arm being attached to the vessel by means of joints, so that it may receive either lateral or vertical motion by means of suitable machinery arranged within the vessel; and it further consists in the employment of an electric current, produced by a battery or otherwise, for the purpose of firing a battery so connected to a vessel."

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