Published Resources Details Letters Patent
- Title
- Improvement in torpedo-boats
- Imprint
- United States Patent Office., 1875
- Description
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,501. Dated January 5, 1875; application filed September 23, 1873.
Accession No.1298
- Abstract
"The object of this invention is to produce a self-propelling torpedo for submarine purposes that will retain its propelling power sufficiently long to be carried in a suitable direction, and any desired distance, against the object to be struck."