“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
“The first submarine ever credited with sinking an enemy ship was the Confederate navy’s H. L. Hunley, which, during the American Civil War, sank the Union navy’s frigate, the Housatonic. The Hunley, propelled by a crew of eight using hand cranks to turn its propeller, approached the Housatonic after dark, carrying a large cache of explosives at the end of a thirty-foot spar jutting from its bow. The explosion destroyed the frigate; it also sank the Hunley, which disappeared with all hands.”
― Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
― Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
“The track lingered on the surface like a long pale scar. In maritime vernacular, this trail of fading disturbance, whether from ship or torpedo, was called a “dead wake.”
― Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
― Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
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