Ictineo II - World's First Steam Powered Submarine (1864)

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  • Kazzer
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    • Aug 2008
    • 2850

    #1

    Ictineo II - World's First Steam Powered Submarine (1864)



    Neat model!
    http://scalemodel.net/Gallery/IctineoII.aspx
    Stop messing about - just get a Sub-driver!
  • toppack
    Rear Admiral
    • Nov 2008
    • 1124

    #2
    Originally posted by kazzer
    Neat model!
    And very Modern shape of hull design! :)
    Last edited by toppack; 03-06-2009, 01:28 PM.
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    • Subculture
      Admiral

      • Feb 2009
      • 2587

      #3
      Narcis Monturiol just studied nature. Looked at a fish, based it on one. Very clever man, but a bad business man. Did you know he invented salt beef? He divulged information of how to make salt beef to a fellow who then hopped it over to England and made a fortune exporting it all around the World.

      Monturiol never saw a penny. It's a typical tale of inventors. Nikola Tesla should have died the richest man in the World, he had a contract with Westinghouse that for every horsepower generated with his invention (the AC motor/generator) he would receive a dollar. Just think, every watt of enery we use is generated with his invention.

      Unfortunately he was persuaded to rescind that contract for a large sum of money (although a fraction of what the contract was truly worth) which at the time he was in desperate need of to pursue his ambition of achieving wireless power. He died penniless.

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      • acbus
        Ensign
        • Mar 2009
        • 4

        #4
        lol it's modern. have a great machine inside!
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