A brief rhyming account of the childhood and work of United States Naval Engineer, Raye Montague who had to deal with prejudices and racial inequality to create the first computer generated rough draft of a U.S. Naval ship and also was the first female program manager of ships in the United States Navy.
A brief rhyming account of the childhood and work of United States Naval Engineer, Raye Montague who had to deal with prejudices and racial inequality to create the first computer generated rough draft of a U.S. Naval ship and also was the first female program manager of ships in the United States Navy.
Robert Fulton's many accomplishments are covered in this biography. Not only was Fulton a gifted painter, he was also an innovative engineer whose inventions include the commercial steamboat, the torpedo, and the first working submarine.
Presents a profile of eighteenth-century scientist Robert Fulton, inventor of the first workable steamboat, discussing his childhood in Pennsylvania, his association with Ben Franklin, and his lifelong interest in all sorts of boats.
After NUMA hero Dirk Pitt's daughter, a marine biologist, discovers an ancient artifact off the coast of Nicaragua, the sea crew and a floating resort hotel find themselves in the path of a terrible storm and someone's dangerous designs.