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FULTON, ROBERT. Original pencil drawing of Fulton's underwater cannon being used by several small merchant ships against a large enemy vessel (a warship?). N.p., n.d. [probably 1806-1815]. 1 page, oblong folio, 440 x 550 mm. (17¼ x 21¾ in.), sketched in pencil with cursive handwritten captions, two oval library stamps in very pale ink in blank portion, the verso with a second small sketch apparently showing part of a steam engine or similar mechanism, neatly matted in a double-sided frame to display both front and back.
FULTON'S REVOLUTIONARY UNDERWATER CANNON
Another drawing by Fulton, in pencil alone, depicting his experimental underwater cannon. He has sketched a large "Enemy Ship," 150 in length, with spars extending outwards from which nets are extended to foil torpedo attacks (this method was used to defend the target vessel in some of Fulton's early demonstrations). Four smaller vessels, each labelled "Merchant ship of 200 tons," are ranged round the enemy, firing two cannon apiece along a line parallel to their keels.
Provenance:
Same as the preceding.
FULTON'S REVOLUTIONARY UNDERWATER CANNON
Another drawing by Fulton, in pencil alone, depicting his experimental underwater cannon. He has sketched a large "Enemy Ship," 150 in length, with spars extending outwards from which nets are extended to foil torpedo attacks (this method was used to defend the target vessel in some of Fulton's early demonstrations). Four smaller vessels, each labelled "Merchant ship of 200 tons," are ranged round the enemy, firing two cannon apiece along a line parallel to their keels.
Provenance:
Same as the preceding.