Evidently, repeating weapons weren't the only thing Joseph Chambers was interested in.
In November 1807, he wrote to Thomas Jefferson giving details for his experiments with a primitive type of diving suit and "Torpedoes."
November 17, 1807: From West Middleton, Pennsylvania.
A proposition for examination by the government of a submarine dress for placing torpedoes and for other purposes during the war.
These torpedoes, however, would be more like mines than the powered torpedoes we know today.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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