Bushnell's American turtle. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows three views of the "Turtle", a one-man submarine designed and built by David Bushnell to attach bombs to British warships during the American revolutionary war.

Illus. in: The beginning of modern submarine warfare, under Captain-Lieutenant David Bushnell, Sappers and miners, Army of the revolution / being a historical compilation arranged by Lieut.-Colonel Henry L. Abbot, Corps of engineers, U.S.A.... [Willets Point, N.Y.H.] : Printed on the Battalion press, Sergt. Carmichael and Pvt. Beck, printers, 1881.
Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 195.