Gray, Edwyn:
Devil's Device, The : The Story of the Invention of the Torpedo

1975, ISBN: 0854221042, Preisentwicklung...

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[EAN: 9780854221042], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Seeley, Service and Co. Limited, London], SUBMARINES, Used book. Ex-library book with stampings. Text clean. Hard cover shows signs of use but is generally clean. This book is the story of Robert Whitehead, inventor of the torpedo. Ask almost anyone to write down the names of Britain's six greatest inventors of the nineteenth century and you can be quite sure that Robert Whitehead will be conspicuous by his absence. Yet this relatively unknown English engineer exerted more influence over the tactics of naval warfare and the design and development of warships than all the world's top Admirals and naval architects put together. And the weapon he created twice brought Britain to the verge of defeat. A fascinating story. 253 pages.