The Resurgam Submarine: 'A Project for Annoying the Enemy'

by Peter Holt

For centuries inventors have been dreaming up schemes to allow people to submerge beneath the waves, stay a while then return again unharmed. The Resurgam was designed for this purpose, as a stealthy underwater weapon which was the brainchild of an eccentric inventor realised in iron, timber, coal and steam. The inventor was George William Garrett, a curate from Manchester who designed and built the Resurgam submarine in 1879 using the limited technology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784915823
• ISBN13: 9781784915827
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.5"