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| Chapter I | From Art to Engineering | 1 |
| Instructions to Barlow regarding the "Drawings and Descriptions". Fulton's youth (1765-1782) | ||
| Residence in England studying art (1786-1793) | ||
| Change from art to engineering as a vocation (1793) | ||
| Arrival in France (1798) | ||
| Chapter II | Early Attempts at Sub-surface Navigation | 15 |
| Fulton's first efforts for mechanical navigation | ||
| Some early submarines: Bourne, Van Drebbel, Mercenne, de Son, Wilkins, Bushnell | ||
| Chapter III | Fulton's First Submarine | 24 |
| Fulton begins work on a submarine (1797) | ||
| Nautilus launched at Rouen (1800) | ||
| Havre experiments | ||
| Fulton aided by Monge and Laplace | ||
| Received in audience by Napoleon Bonaparte | ||
| Hopes and disappointments | ||
| Chapter IV | Negotiations with France | 39 |
| Nautilus reconstructed and tested at Brest (1801) | ||
| Reports to Monge, Laplace and Volney | ||
| Great expectations | ||
| Final rejection (1802) | ||
| Partnership with Robert R. Livingston | ||
| Work begun on steamboat | ||
| British Admiralty aware of his submarine accomplishment | ||
| Induced to return to England (May, 1804) | ||
| Chapter V | The "Drawings and Descriptions" | 54 |
| Chapter VI | The British Contract | 78 |
| Size of the "Drawings and Descriptions." | ||
| Pseudonyms | ||
| Proposals | ||
| Contract with the British government | ||
| Was Fulton false to his principles in supporting Great Britain against France? | ||
| His financial position under the contract | ||
| Chapter VII | Experience in England | 93 |
| Attack on fleet at Boulogne | ||
| Torpedoing of Dorothea (1805) | ||
| Effect of Trafalgar on Fulton's work | ||
| Copies of "Drawings and Descriptions." | ||
| Intent of government not to proceed with the submarine | ||
| Correspondence with Lord Hawkesbury and Mr. Pitt (1804) | ||
| Commission of investigation appointed | ||
| Decision adverse to a submarine | ||
| Nevertheless Pitt signs contract | ||
| Chapter VIII | Negotiations with Cabinet | 103 |
| Fulton begins to have doubts of accomplishment (1805) | ||
| Correspondence with Mr. Pitt and Lord Castlereagh reciting his contract, rights and claims | ||
| Pitt dies (Jan. 1806) and Fulton begins anew with Lord Grenville and Lord Howick | ||
| Chapter IX | Further Correspondence | 114 |
| Demand for arbitrators | ||
| Further correspondence with Lord Grenville and Howick | ||
| Chapter X | The Failure of the Negotiations | 124 |
| Arbitrators appointed | ||
| Fulton's presentation of his case (Aug. 1806) | ||
| Arbitrators decide against Fulton | ||
| He makes a last appeal to Lord Grenville, reviewing whole case (Sept. 1806) | ||
| No reply | ||
| Chapter XI | Return to America | 139 |
| Summary of the British Negotiations | ||
| America used as a threat | ||
| Offer of neutrality | ||
| Fulton's review of the past and plans for the future | ||
| Appeal to Jefferson | ||
| Departure for home | ||
| Chapter XII | Examination of Fulton's Design | 146 |
| What the Nautilus accomplished | ||
| The British design compared with that of the Nautilus | ||
| Folding propeller | ||
| Horizontal propeller | ||
| Details of machinery | ||
| Effectiveness of the vessel | ||
| Screening the Channel |
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James Neal
reviewed Robert Fulton and the Submarine on March 13, 2014
Robert Fulton and the Submarine
A disappointing book -- the author is incredibly biased against Von Braun. This has all the marks of a hit piece. Would not recommend this title.
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