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Excerpt from Under the North Pole: The Wilkins-Ellsworth Submarine Expedition
The one designer and builder of submarines who has greatly concerned himself with their use under ice is Simon Lake. Moreover, he built the craft we are using, the Nautilus. Logically, then, he writes for this volume a sketch of his own career as proponent of the under-ice submarine, and a description of the Nautilus and her predecessors.
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The one designer and builder of submarines who has greatly concerned himself with their use under ice is Simon Lake. Moreover, he built the craft we are using, the Nautilus. Logically, then, he writes for this volume a sketch of his own career as proponent of the under-ice submarine, and a description of the Nautilus and her predecessors.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Hubert Wilkins
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331777734
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 399
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Hubert Wilkins
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780282549466
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 401
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