Simon lake autobiography of a face
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Imagined underwater travel as a child while father experimented with flying machines
Lake passed on securing the rights to market the Wright Brother’s plane plans in Europe
“A paper nautilus, that’s all it was at the start.” (Poluhowich 3) Simon Lake’s red hair glistened upon his head, as his imagination animated his pencil sketches.
Simon lake autobiography of a face
Many boys dream of adventures and sunken treasure; Simon Lake was no ordinary boy, he was extraordinary. He had a vision. Childhood naivety allowed him to dream of a vessel that could function under water. He sketched out these drawings, folded them, and placed them safely in his copy of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
(Poluhowich 3) Years later he will be known as one of the greatest contributors to submarine technology and an innovator who will forever leave his mark on history.
Even though the development of the modern submarine is accredited to John Holland, an Irish-American inventor who rivaled Lake, (Poluhowich 41) it is m