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Re: Level of technology

On Tue, 06 Jul 1999 00:40:21 -0700 Rick Lucertini <empiricus@sprint.ca>
writes:
>You may get a kick out of Richard Compton-Hall's "Submarine Boats - 
>the Beginnings of Submarine Warfare".

Or "The Most Formidable Thing," by Willam Jameson.
My favorite is "The Secrets of the Submarine," by Marley F. Hay (of
Denny-Hay
fame), published in 1916.  I'm still looking for a copy.

>He goes into design rationale in a big way.  What we're dealing with
here 
>on the list is getting underwater.  All the problems were solved before 
>our parents were born (even mine).  All the rest is icing.

I bet my parents are older than yours!

Most of our answers, I think, were in print by the turn of the last
century.



Michael B. Holt
Oregon Hill, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
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