Clemson University: High-Tech History - 160 Years After Making History, the H.L. Hunley Submarine Foretells the Future of Technology
February 13, 2024
February 13, 2024
CLEMSON, South Carolina, Feb. 13 (TNSres) -- Clemson University issued the following news:
By Paul Alongi
It was one of the Civil War's most technologically advanced weapons. The H.L. Hunley was a 40-foot submarine built out of iron and powered by a hand-cranked screw propeller.
The Confederate vessel secured its place in history on Feb. 17, 1864, when it set off 135 pounds of black powder along the hull of the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine . . .
By Paul Alongi
It was one of the Civil War's most technologically advanced weapons. The H.L. Hunley was a 40-foot submarine built out of iron and powered by a hand-cranked screw propeller.
The Confederate vessel secured its place in history on Feb. 17, 1864, when it set off 135 pounds of black powder along the hull of the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine . . .