David Bushnell
1740-1826
American inventor who designed the first military submarine. Before he graduated from Yale, Bushnell had learned how to detonate gunpowder in water and he planned how to const...
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David Bushnell (1742-1824) built the first man-propelled submarine boat with a wooden magazine containing gunpowder and a clock mechanism for igniting it at any particular time. Although he was not su...
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David Bushnell grew up on a family farm in a rural area near Saybrook, Connecticut. After his father's death, Bushnell sold the farm and decided to pursue an education at Yale, starting in 1771. While...
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David Bushnell
David Bushnell
David Bushnell