Show ORIGIN OF or TilE THE sUn SUBMARINE It I. I Is unknown n who built the first submarine but boat it Is said Eald that Al Alexander Al- Al Alexander the thc Great Grent was Interested in submarine navigation There IB is no doubt that types of ot submarine vessels were studied during the thirteenth and anti centuries Karly in th the seventeenth century submarine boat boats were numerous and In Cornelius exhibited u a submarine of ot his own design on tho the Thames B By 1 1724 fourteen types had be been n patented In England alone In 1775 David Bush nell built hl lila his first t submarine boat beat with which Sergeant Lee Tee attacked H. H Ml I ii- ii S. S ship Eagle Engle in New Nc York harbor Fulton began his experiments In France ant and America in 1795 and from that time numerous forma forms of ot submit submit- rinse rines a were iere d with more mOr or l less s success In In 1 S 63 larger er boats pro pro- b by engines were commenced In Europe and the thc navies of at the various countries be began an experimenting nb with submarines The rhe United States na navy had the submarine boat under consid for several ear years The first boat was ordered about 1895 1896 but WR was never neer completed and seven of ot the Holland tj type trpe pe were sere ordered In 1900 1300 and one and nt one purchased when nearl nearly com corn completed early In that t jear ear Christian Herald |