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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Monturiol's "Ictíneo"




On 8/5/2010 3:58 PM, Jens Laland wrote:

** It is over 100 years old but still actual.

It is very interesting that you say this, and at the same time he is
hardly mentioned in any history book on submarines, despite the fact he
must be one of the greatest, individual submarine pioneer, ever...

No great surprise there. Look at how little is said about Simon Lake, even though he developed the features that made a fleet submarine a practical proposition. For years I could not figure out what had bridged the gap between the plongeur type boats of Holland and the level-diving boats with saddle tanks that appeared a short time later. Those features came from Lake, but just try finding a book that gives him credit for them...

Marc

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