Simon Lake
Simon Lake (* 4. September 1866 in Pleasantville , New Jersey ; † 23. June 1945 in Milford , Connecticut ) was an American mechanical engineering - engineering and marine engineers .
He received over two hundred patents in the field of shipbuilding and, along with John Philip Holland, was one of the first to have submarines built for the United States Navy . In 1902 he invented the extendable periscope for submarines. The actress Ann Sothern was his granddaughter. At the turn of the century, he constructed Argonaut- class submarines .
literature
- John J. Poluhowich: Argonaut: The Submarine Legacy of Simon Lake . Texas A&M University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-89096-894-2
Web links
- Famous People in Atlantic County History - Simon Lake
- Submarine - The Autobiography of Simon Lake , Herbert Corey (1938), PDF file
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| SURNAME | Lake, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer, inventor, and designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pleasantville , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1945 |
| Place of death | Milford , Connecticut |