Invention The Lay-Haight Torpedo (c. 1880 - )

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Summary

The Lay-Haight Torpedo was developed by George E. Haight, a onetime employee of John Louis Lay. The The Lay-Haight Torpedo was an improved Lay torpedo in which the carbonic acid (carbon dioxide) used to power a three cylinder Brotherhood motor was converted to the gaseous state by a sulphuric acid and lime super-heater.

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Published resources

Books

  • Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Notes: A Self-Propelled Torpedo', Engineering, vol. 39, 13 February 1885, p. 169. Details
  • Tickell, F., 'Locomotive torpedoes (Uncontrollable Type)', Journal of the United Service Institution of Victoria, vol. 5, no. 4, August 1896, pp. 3-24. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004; www.wikipedia.com.

Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby