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  John Philip Holland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Philip Holland (February 24, 1841 - August 12, 1914) was the engineer who developed the first true submarine accepted by the U.S. Navy.
Holland and the Fenians conceived a plan to develop a small submarine that could be sealifted on a large merchant ship to an area near an unsuspecting British warship.
Holland continued to improve his designs and worked on several experimental boats prior to his successful efforts with the privately built Holland launched in 1898.
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 Famous Irish - John Phillip Holland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
John Phillip Holland was born on February 29th, 1841 in Lascannor, County Claire, Ireland.
John's mother, Mary Scanlon, moved the family to Limerick in 1853 and here he came under the influence of Brother Dominic Burke, who was a science teacher and greatly encouraged John in his ideas.
John Phillip Holland died in August 1914, forty days before a German submarine sank a British Cruiser at the outset of World War I. He died a poor man, with no public recognition of the fact that he had designed and built the first modern submarines.
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 Encyclopedia: David-Trimble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 1995 Trimble was unexpectedly elected leader of the UUP, defeating the front-runner John Taylor.
John David Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI), MLA (born 24 December 1937) is a former Ulster Unionist Party MP and now a life peer.
Later in 1998 Trimble and John Hume were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.
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 John Philip Holland
Holland, and, in one of the windows of the Brothers’ chapel, there is still to be seen a pane of glass on which a representation of the Sacred Heart is etched in colours, also designed and executed by him.
The Holland VI took shape on the ways of Lewis Nixon’s Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport New Jersey during the spring of 1897 and was launched on May 17, 1897.
"The Descendants of John Holland" by John Scanlan.
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 Submarine History 1870-1914: A Timeline of Development
Holland had nothing more to do with the Fenians; the boat was eventually donated to the city of Patterson, where it is now on display in West Side Park.
Holland was only somewhat pleased — he didn't like the imposition of a steam engine, as well some changes the Navy insisted upon: the Navy knew what it wanted, but didn't know what it was doing.
Holland solicited business from around the world, but quickly discovered that all of his patents were controlled by Electric Boat — a fact of which the company made certain that all potential customers were aware.
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 Hangout - Did You Hear the One About...?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The first submarine was built in 1878 by Paterson teacher John Phillip Holland with money from private sources.
Using Holland's plan, the U.S. Navy constructed their own submarine, but it sank.
Holland built another vessel, which the Navy commissioned as the first member of the U.S. Submarine Service.
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 Features
Phillip John Holland was a Christian Brother who must have felt that there was more to life than beating the shite out of innocent schoolboys.
He left his native Co. Clare in 1872 and went to the United States where in 1899, he invented the worlds first submarine- which he hoped in time would be used by the IRA against the British Navy.
John Gregg of Monaghan invented shorthand writing in 1893, basing the system on the natural movements of the hand (steady on, boys).
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 Model of the USS Holland
Holland was a 54-foot (16-m) long cylinder with a diameter of 10.5 feet (3.2 m) and a displacement of 74 tons.
A 4-cylinder, 45-horsepower gasoline engine gave Holland a surface speed of 8 knots (15 km/hr); underwater, a battery-powered, 160-horsepower electric motor drove her at 5 knots (9 km/hr).
John Phillip Holland peers from the hatch of the Holland VI, the U.S. Navy's first submarine.
americanhistory.si.edu /subs/history/subsbeforenuc/early/holland.html   (200 words)

  
 AllAboutIrish - John Holland
John Holland was a brilliant man with a vision of how submarines could change naval warfare.
John Phillip Holland was born in 1841 to John and Mary Scanlon Holland in Liscannor, Co. Clare.
Holland died in August 1914, just months before a German submarine sank a British vessel at the start of World War I. He died a poor man, with recognition of his contributions coming years after his death.
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 People & Places 7 | John Holland - Submariner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The 63 foot Holland Class submarine carries torpedoes but, although the Americans have tested them, there is considerable doubt in the Admiralty, as to what use they may be.
John Philip Holland was a Munster man born and bred.
With the Fenian money John was able to give up his teaching and concentrate on his new machine which became known as the Fenian Ram.
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 John Philip Holland
John Philip Holland was born in Ireland in 1841.
Holland's first experimental submarine convinced his backers to pay for a bigger vessel, which was launched in 1878 and named the Fenian Ram.
The Holland Type 6 was the culmination of decades of research and design.
www.rnsubmus.co.uk /holland/inventor.htm   (121 words)

  
 Serebella Contents John Philip Holland---John Pugh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 NOVA Online | Hitler's Lost Sub | 400 Years of Subs (1861-1900)
Holland's first design: a 15.5-foot-long, one-man boat with a foot-operated treadle to drive the propeller, control the one-cubic-foot ballast tank, and discharge 'used' air.
The Fenians became increasingly frustrated with Holland's delays and, faced with internal legal squabbles, stole their own boat and hid it in a shed in New Haven, Connecticut, where it remained for 35 years.
Holland and Lake submitted proposals, but the politically well-connected Baker already had a submarine, which he demonstrated on Lake Michigan.
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 Juliett 484 - Lesson Plan
Phillips earned an 1852 patent for a "Steering Submarine Propeller," whose main innovation was a hand-cranked propeller on a swivel joint that allowed crew to steer the vessel and control up and down movement.
Phillips offered to sell it to the U.S. Navy, which promptly responded, "No authority is known to this Bureau to purchase a submarine boat.
Holland solicited business from around the world but quickly discovered that Electric Boat controlled all of his patents, a fact the company made certain all potential customers were aware of.
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 Encyclopedia: John Phillip Holland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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John Philip Holland (February 29, 1840 - August 12, 1914) was the engineer who developed the first true submarine accepted by the U.S. Navy
He was born in Liscanor, County Clare, Ireland and his brother Michael was active in the Fenian Brotherhood and introduced the inventor to the revolutionary group.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Phillip-Holland   (297 words)

  
 Michel and Hendrickson Families - Person Page 1
Phillip was born on 21 June 1913 in Luck, Polk Co., WI.
Phillip John Anderson died on 21 September 1999 in Olympia, Thurston Co., WA, at age 86.
John died on 25 November 1898 in Seattle, King Co., WA, at age 78.
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 BBC News | ENGLAND | Submarine marks centenary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Royal Navy's first submarine, the Holland One, is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Holland One was eventually sold for scrap but after it sank, salvage experts organised an operation in 1982 to bring it up from the sea bed.
In November 2000 Holland One was nominated as one of the country's historic ships joining the likes of Nelson's flagship HMS Victory.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/england/1574562.stm   (313 words)

  
 Holland, Phillip John   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Phillip John "Johnny" Holland, 23, of Mosheim, died Saturday, January 6, 2001.
He was the son of Margaret and William Holland of Mosheim.
Survivors include two brothers and a sister-in-law: William "Bill" and Robin Holland of Greenville, Randy Holland of Mosheim; a sister: Sandy Holland of Mosheim; three nephews: Dustin, Brandon and Austin Holland; one niece: Katlyn Holland; his grandmother: Ada Holland of Mosheim; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
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 HNN Fleet Focus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
On April 11, 1900, the U.S. government purchased Holland’s submarine under a contract drawn between the Secretary of the Navy and the Holland Torpedo Company.
The USS Holland, equipped with a gasoline engine for surface cruising, an electric motor for underwater power and armed with Whitehead torpedoes and a bow gun that recessed into the bow, was commissioned on October 12, 1900.
According to remarks made, the Navy earlier bought six additional Holland boats with recommendations to change aspects of the boat to principles of construction from the Lake boats.
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 BBC NEWS | England | Submarine wins conservation award
The Holland One - built in 1901 - is the Royal Navy's oldest submarine and was salvaged in 1982 from waters off Plymouth where it sank almost 70 years before.
Holland One was designed by the Irish-American John Phillip Holland and launched on 2 October, 1902.
Originally an experimental craft, conditions on board were so primitive that mice were used to warn submariners of dangerous exhaust gases.
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 Today in History: February 24   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ferdinand of Hapsburg and John Zapolyai, the two kings of Hungary, conclude the peace of Grosswardein.
Chief Justice John Marshall, by refusing to rule on the case of Marbury vs. Madison, asserts the authority of the judicial branch.
John Phillip Holland, inventor of the modern submarine.
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Alida died 10 Apr 1898, Holland, WI, buried: Gibbsville cem., WI.
Feb 1884, Oostburg, WI, (daughter of Garret John Wieskamp #71189 and Johannes Geertruida Duenk #59931) d.
John died 4 Jul 1948, Sheboygan Falls, WI.
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 Science Jokes:7. COMBINED SCIENCES : 7.1 COMBINED SCIENCES - POETRY
John Phillip Holland, working in Paterson, NJ, developed the first modern submarines.
July 18 March 3 Robert Hooke, a brilliant and versatile scientist, is remembered for his Micrographia of 1665, a work containing images of microscopic creatures and an "undulatory" (wave) theory of light.
March 24 John Harrison, English, (1693-1776) was a horologist (clock maker).
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 Electric Boat
John Phillip Holland was an Irish schoolteacher who dreamed of perfecting the submarine boat.
A major advancement in submarine design, the Holland VI featured dual propulsion systems, a fixed longitudinal center of gravity, separate main and auxiliary ballast systems, a hydrodynamically advanced shape, a modern weapons system, and the ability to recharge its battery and compressed air reservoirs without returning to port.
However, an examination by the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey revealed that the vessel was sluggish and difficult to control.
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 Daily Celebrations ~ Winston Churchill, Shows More Devotion ~ February 24 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
John Phillip Holland (1841-1914), inventor of the modern submarine, was born on this day in Ireland.
Holland moved to America in 1873 and continued to experiment with designs until he sold the U.S. Navy its first submarine, the USS Holland, in 1900 for $120,000.
The vessel was 53 feet long, displaced 75 tons, with an electric motor for underwater propulsion and gas engine for surface propulsion.
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 IPA Region 4
The inventor of the first commercially viable submarine was John Phillip Holland, born in Liscannor in 1841 and educated in Limerick.
King John's castle withstood sieges by Oliver Cromwell in 1690 and by King William of Orange at the termination of his war against King James in 1691.
The IPA Limerick "Desmond" Branch Secretary is John Mc Carthy (johnmccarthy50@hotmail.com).
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Descendants and Ancestors of John Milton Henderson 1860-1951 and Laura Belle Henderson 1863-1953, Washington County, Kansas.
John Steele Henderson, from Biographical History of North Carolina Colonial to 1905.
Descendants of John Henderson of Rockingham County North Carolina.
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Gerrit died 17 Apr 1898, Holland, WI, buried: Cedar Grove cem, WI.
Arend died 4 Jul 1911, Holland, WI, buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery.
John died 23 Sep 1935, Danville, IL, buried: Swank cem, Tippecanoe Co., IN.
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 Asbestos Exposure at Electric Boat in New London Connecticut - Connecticut Mesothelioma Attorneys
On 7 February 1899, Electric Boat (EB) was incorporated to complete the vessel Holland, which was the first practical submarine.
It was named after its inventor, John Phillip Holland.
On 10 September 1998, outgoing Navy Secretary John Dalton announced that the first NSSN would be named Virginia, to be followed by Texas.
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