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	Inventor of the Week: Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Bushnell was born in 1740 in West Saybrook, Connecticut, where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound.
		Bushnell's plan of attack was for the operator to steer in secret under an enemy ship, drill the screw deep enough into the keel of the enemy ship to anchor it, then detach both the screw and the mine, set the fuse burning, and drive away as quickly as possible.
		However, Bushnell himself was too frail to pilot the craft, and his usual captain, his brother Ezra, was ill with a fever.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/bushnelld.html (703 words)

	David Bushnell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Bushnell (1742 - 1824) of Saybrook, Connecticut, was an American inventor during the Revolutionary War.
		He combined his ideas in an attempt to attack British ships which were blockading New York Harbor in the summer of 1776 by boring through their hulls and implanting time bombs, but due to bad luck, failed every time, and the Turtle eventually sank.
		David Bushnell's Submarine Model is on display in Groton, Connecticut.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Bushnell (248 words)

	David Bushnell; importer of affordable binoculars; 92 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Bushnell retired in 1974 as a vice president of Bausch and Lomb.
		David Pearsall Bushnell was born in St. Paul, on March 31, 1913, and was related to David Bushnell who designed the country's first submarine, the Turtle, which was used in the Revolutionary War.
		Bushnell is survived by his wife, Nancy; two sons, David Alan, of Udonthani, Thailand, and Steven Ensign, of South Pasadena; two daughters, Jean Bushnell Salfen, of Pollock Pines, Calif., and Natasha Bushnell Suter, of Ithaca, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050402/news_1m2bushnell.html (422 words)

	David P. Bushnell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bushnell made binoculars widely available to middle-class Americans for the first time.
		As of 2005, Bushnell Optical remains the leading producer of binoculars in the United States.
		Bushnell died at the age of 91 from non-Hodgkins lymphoma at his home in Laguna Beach, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_P._Bushnell (243 words)

	Handshouse Building the Replica of David Bushnell’s Turtle
		David Bushnell of Connecticut, a Yale student and ardent patriot, envisioned and built the Turtle, a one-man submarine designed to discreetly attach a timed explosive to the underbelly of the of the British ships.
		In August 1776, after a year of training, David Bushnell’s brother, Ezra Bushnell was prepared to pilot the Turtle but on the eve of the mission, he became ill and someone had to take his place.
		Handshouse is currently preparing to exhibit the 2003 Bushnell Turtle, along with copies of historic letters, documents regarding David Bushnell and his submarines, drawings, models, and documentation in several museums nationwide.
	www.handshouse.org /turtle.html (1297 words)

	Mine Warfare: Early Warfare
		David Bushnell of Saybrook, Connecticut was an early practitioner of asymmetric warfare.
		In 1777, Bushnell cabled a double line of mines together and tried to float them toward the British frigate Cerberus, which was lying at anchor off the Connecticut coast.
		Bushnell and his men released mines upstream of their intended targets, but their lack of familiarity with the river's currents - and intervening ice floes - prevented the attack from unfolding as Bushnell had planned.
	www.exwar.org /Htm/8000PopG2.htm (429 words)

	David Ives Bushnell Jr.
		Bushnell was born in 1875 in St. Louis Missouri.
		Bushnell also photographed much of what he researched, and many of his pictures were found in his publications.
		Bushnell had a large collection and was well prepared to produce a comprehensive collection but he died in 1941 before he could finish it.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/abcde/bushnell_david.html (417 words)

	David Bushnell Summary
		David Bushnell (1742-1824) built the first man-propelled submarine boat with a wooden magazine containing gunpowder and a clock mechanism for igniting it at any particular time.
		David Bushnell was a descendant of Francis Bushnell, an Englishman who joined the New Haven Colony in 1639 and subsequently helped to found Guilford, Connecticut.
		Bushnell successfully demonstrated his idea to the governor and Council of Safety of Connecticut who approved of his plan and suggested that he proceed with further experiment if necessary, with the expectation of a proper public reward.
	www.bookrags.com /David_Bushnell (1481 words)

	Bushnell's Turtle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bushnell's submarine was peach shaped and 7 ft. long by 4 ft. wide.
		Washington also funded him with money and said on September 26, 1776, "Bushnell is a man of great mechanical powers, fertile in invention and a master of execution." Washington once wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson about the future uses of submarines.
		Bushnell picked the strongest, however, not brightest, of the men, Ezra Lee.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/6262/bushnell.htm (401 words)

	David Bushnell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BUSHNELL, David, inventor, born in Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1742; died in Warrenton, Georgia, in 1824.
		Bushnell invented several other machines for the annoyance of the British shipping; but from accidents, not militating against the philosophical principles on which their success depended, they but partially succeeded.
		Bushnell served continuously during the war, attaining the rank of captain in the corps of sappers and miners, and was on duty at New York, Hudson Highlands, Philadelphia, Yorktown, and elsewhere.
	www.famousamericans.net /davidbushnell (689 words)

	From Dictionary of American Fighting Ships
		The first Bushnell (AS-2) was launched 9 February 1915 by Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co., Seattle Wash.; sponsored by Miss Esculine Warwick Bushnell great-grandniece of David Bushnell; and commissioned 24 November 1915, Lieutenant D. Boyd in command.
		She was assigned to the Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet, as tender to "L" class submarines in January 1916 and arrived on the east coast in February.
		Bushnell arrived at San Diego 3 September 1931 and reported for duty with the Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, with whom she operated until 1937.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/as2.htm (847 words)

	MassArt : Alumni + Friends
		David Bushnell of Saybrook, Connecticut, a recent graduate of Yale and ardent patriot, designed and built the Turtle for this purpose.
		Ezra Bushnell, the inventor's brother, was supposed to carry out the task but on the eve of this mission, he became ill and someone else had to take his place.
		The making of the replica of David Bushnell’s American Turtle of 1776 served as a unique educational experience, as an excellent example of the power of collaboration, and as a celebration of the beauty of craft and power of creative problem solving through a single object steeped in the history, culture and technology.
	www.massart.edu /alumni/feature_archive1.html (1988 words)

	bush1742 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Bushnell graduated from Yale University in 1775, on the eve of the American Revolution.
		To deal with the problem of navigation in the darkness of the vessel, Bushnell lit the primitive instruments, a compass and a depth gauge, with foxfire, a moss that glows in the dark.
		Bushnell's plan was put to the test a year later when Sergeant Ezra Lee attempted to sink the British blockade ship HMS Eagle with it.
	www.clas.niu.edu /persona/bush1742.htm (221 words)

	Bushnell
		With the departure of the British fleet from New York Harbor, Bushnell put the Turtle on a sloop and took her up the Hudson River to Fort Lee where Washington's army was quartered. Here, the Turtle attacked another British frigate.
		David Bushnell was not to be discouraged easily, carried on his work of attacking ships with his "water bomb" or torpedo.
		David Bushnell was never compensated for his expenditures on the Turtle. ; He brother, Ezra Bushnell, died from his illness.
	www.submarinehistory.com /Bushnell.html (1645 words)

	David Bushnell - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Bushnell - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bushnell, David (1742-1824), American inventor, born in Saybrook, Connecticut, who in 1775 built the first military submarine.
		Bushnell, Nolan Kay, born in 1943, American entrepreneur and founder of Atari, Inc. Bushnell was born in Clearfield, Utah, and attended Utah State...
	encarta.msn.com /David_Bushnell.html (90 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		By DAVID F. On the night of 6/7 September 1776, Ezra Lee maneuvered the Turtle through New York harbor and brought it alongside HMS Eagle, flagship of British Admiral Richard Howe, in a vain attempt to attach an explosive charge to the Eagle's hull.
		Bushnell put chunks of the material on the mercury depth gauge and on the needle tip of the compass.
		David F. Winkler is a historian with the Naval Historical Foundation.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/jul_03_47.php (756 words)

	The USS Bushnell
		Bushnell's submarine was unsuccessful in her attempts to blow up British vessels in 1776-1777.
		USS Bushnell weighed anchor and proceeded to Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 27 April...laden with provisions, fuel, and materials.
		From September to December of 1945, USS Bushnell acted as a repair vessel for submarines throughout the period of demobilization and peacetime reorganization of the Submarine Force in the San Diego, California, area.
	ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /Bushnell.html (833 words)

	Tenders - USS Bushnell AS 15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		From September to December 1945 Bushnell continued to act as a repair vessel for submarines throughout the period of demobilization and peacetime reorganization of the submarine force in the San Diego area.
		Bushnell's own crew did all of her own decommissioning work (not in a shipyard) in early 1970.
		Bushnell was placed out of commission on 20 June 1970 and was towed to Norfolk where she was turned over to Reserve Fleet who used her as their new headquarters.
	www.mississippi.net /~comcents/tendertale.com/tenders/115/115.html (891 words)

	David Bushnell, 91; was a pioneer in sale of binoculars - The Boston Globe
		LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. -- David Bushnell, an entrepreneur who transformed Bushnell Optical Corp. from a small mail-order business into the country's leading binocular brand, died March 24 at his Laguna Beach home of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, said his wife, Nancy.
		Bushnell bought his first two cases of binoculars in 1947 during an around-the-world honeymoon.
		Bushnell eventually expanded the business beyond binoculars to rifle scopes and other optical equipment.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/04/01/david_bushnell_91_was_a_pioneer_in_sale_of_binoculars (240 words)

	The American Turtle, David Bushnell's Submarine
		David Bushnell is the nephew of my ancestor Gideon Bushnell, the son of Gideon's brother Nehemiah.
		David Bushnell never had any children so his work is usually not added to Genealogy Sites, but The American Turtle has long held a fascination to me so I wanted to share this information.
		David's brother, Ezra Bushnell was to be the operator, but he fell ill and didn't recover strength enough to operate the propeller crank, so Ezra Lee stepped in to pilot the complicated craft.
	home.comcast.net /~bluebirdsong/chesley/turtle.htm (1606 words)

	World Submarine Invitational (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Bushnell graduated from Yale University in 1775, at the outbreak of the American Revolution.
		Bushnell went to Saybrook, Connecticut, where he built a unique vessel, called the Turtle, designed to be propelled under water by an operator who turned its propeller by hand.
		Bushnell was unable to force the screw through the copper sheathing on the hull of the British warship HMS Eagle.
	www.hte.com /subrace/bushnell.html (409 words)

	South Street Seaport Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Bushnell made at least two further attempts to sink British vessels at New London and Philadelphia, using floating mines in the form of kegs of powder similar to the charges carried by the Turtle.
		Bushnell spent the rest of the Revolution as an officer in the Company of Sappers and Miners, and then returned to civilian life.
		They were, in fact, crude affairs employing the same basic technology as the craft of Bushnell and Fulton: hand pumps for submerging and surfacing, hand-operated propellers for movement, and a cruising depth just under the surface of the water with pipes for air supply and a small conning tower for navigation.
	www.southstseaport.org /magazine/articles/1999-01.shtm (4584 words)

	Bushnell David - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bushnell David - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bushnell, David (1742-1824), American inventor, born in Saybrook, Connecticut, who in 1775 built the first military submarine.
		The first submarine to be used as an instrument of war was an egg-shaped craft, which carried only one crew member.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Bushnell_David.html (110 words)

	David Bushnell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Bushnell graduated from Yale University in 1775, on the eve of the American Revolution.
		To deal with the problem of navigation in the darkness of the vessel, Bushnell lit the primitive instruments, a compass and a depth gauge, with foxfire, a moss that glows in the dark.
		Bushnell's plan was put to the test a year later when Sergeant Ezra Lee attempted to sink the British blockade ship HMS Eagle with it.
	www.usna.edu /NAOE/turtle/david_bushnell.htm (221 words)

	AtariAge - Atari "Did You Know?" Trivia
		Atari released the 5200 in 1982 in response to the Intellivision and Colecovision.
		The Atari symbol is known as the "Fuji" because of it's resemblance to Mt. Fuji.
		David Crane wrote 13 games (and contributed to others) for the Atari 2600.
	www.atariage.com /trivia_list.php (1257 words)

	David Bushnell's American Turtle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bushnell and fellow Yale University intellectual, Phineas Pratt, had conceived of the underwater bomb with a time delayed flintlock detonator.
		The American Turtle was successfully launched in the dark of night on September 6/7, 1776 against the British flagship, HMS Eagle, a 64 gun frigate moored in New York harbor off of the island now occupied by the Statue of Liberty.
		Unfortunately, on the eve of the submarine's first combat mission, Ezra Bushnell was, according to one version of the story, taken ill and unable participate.
	www.ctrivermuseum.org /Exhibits/Turtle/TURTLE.HTM (378 words)

	David Bushnell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BUSHNELL, David, inventor, born in Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1742; died in Warrenton, Georgia, in 1824.
		Bushnell invented several other machines for the annoyance of the British shipping; but from accidents, not militating against the philosophical principles on which their success depended, they but partially succeeded.
		Bushnell served continuously during the war, attaining the rank of captain in the corps of sappers and miners, and was on duty at New York, Hudson Highlands, Philadelphia, Yorktown, and elsewhere.
	famousamericans.net /davidbushnell (690 words)

	Photographic Archives: Bushnell Finding Aid
		Bushnell extensively photographed his numerous expeditions, many of which resulted in publications he produced throughout his life.
		In the decade to follow, Bushnell devoted much of his time to excavations in Virginia, specifically in the James and Rappahannock Valleys, as well as documenting soapstone quarries in the region.
		David I. Bushnell bequeathed part of his collection to the Peabody Museum when he died in 1941.
	www.peabody.harvard.edu /photo/bushnell/default.html (456 words)

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