Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1896 — A New Submarine Boat. [ARTICLE]

A New Submarine Boat.

A new submarine boat is about the shape of a whale, twenty-six feet long and between five and six feet in diameter through the middle. It consists of three sections of high-grade metal securely bolted together. The boat is propelled by a screw, and has a speed of about seven or eight knots an hour. The motive power is an electric battery. : .