Published Resources Details Letters Patent
- Title
- Improvement in submarine explosive projectiles
- Imprint
- United States Patent Office.
- Description
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,612. Dated August 18, 1863; antedated October 16, 1862
Accession No.1283
- Abstract
"The nature of my invention consists in propelling a proper vessel on or beneath the water by means of gases formed by the combustion of compounds that form large volumes of gases, or by compressed air, and projecting and exploding a torpedo or magazine under a gunboat or other vessel or object, or against the same."