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Wilhelm Bauer's Seeteufel ("sea-devil"), a 52-foot-long, treadmill-powered submarine boat. In this cutaway view, we can see the little orchestra that is said to have played the Russian national anthem -- underwater -- at the 1856 coronation of Tsar Alexander II in Kronstadt Harbor.

Date: 2003-12-02 06:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] r-transpose-p.livejournal.com
I tried looking for a URL on this, but this was the closest I could find.

Still interesting though.

Date: 2003-12-03 12:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eub.livejournal.com
Amphibious submarine. Whodathunkit.

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