Published Resources Details Letters Patent

Author
Davis, C.
Title
Torpedo
Imprint
United States Patent Office, 3846
Description

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 964,147. Application filed July 15 1907.

Accession No.1452

Abstract

"The object of my invention is to create greater disabling effects than is now possible with the present torpedoes and especially when the ship attacked is provided with armour or other protective devices below the water lineā€¦ The object of my invention, more specifically stated is to send high explosives into the vitals of the ship, thus insuring her destruction under all conditionsā€¦"