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Edward Ostermeyer
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Infernal Machine: The Inventor’s Vade Mecum (Nautica ed.) Part 11: What to Do When the Yankees Come A-Callin’
By Ed Ostermeyer (Master Engineer – Grade 2) Again, I bid you a good day, my young prodigy. Thank you for meeting me in this...
Infernal Machine: The Inventor’s Vade Mecum (Nautica ed.) Part 10: Current and Drift: Cause & Effect
By Ed Ostermeyer (Master Engineer – Grade 2) Young Inventor! It is good to see you once again. Have you been applying what the two...
Infernal Machine: The Inventor’s Vade Mecum (Nautica ed.) Part 9 — Power! Power! Wonder-working Power!
By Ed Ostermeyer (Master Engineer – Grade 2) Ah, good day to you once more, young Inventor. I am happy to see you once again....
Infernal Machine: Three Alligator Thumbnail Biographies
As “Infernal Machine: Dawn of Submarine Warfare” moves toward publication, it has been my task to research the backgrounds of those who made up the...
Infernal Machine Bibliography
19 November 2022 Good afternoon, everyone. Ed Ostermeyer here. Several readers have requested information on the works I’ve used in the design of “Infernal Machine:...
Infernal Machine: The Torpedo Boat during the Civil War – Part Five – The “Spitting Devil”
While technical “wizards” like Dr. St. Julien Ravenel and Theodore Stoney were creating the CSS “David” torpedo boat as the Confederacy’s response to the US...
Infernal Machine: The Torpedo Boat during the Civil War – Part Four – the “Squib” class Torpedo Boats at Trent’s Reach, January 1865
News of the CSS “Squib” torpedo boat’s semi-success in its attack on the Union Navy’s Squadron anchored at Hampton Roads, Virginia met with enthusiastic response...
Infernal Machine: The Torpedo Boat during the Civil War – Part Three – the CSS ”Squib” and its Attack on the USS “Minnesota”
The years 1863 and 1864 were a busy time for Southern inventors interested in creating a weapon that would give the Confederacy parity of a...
Infernal Machine: The Torpedo Boat during the Civil War – Part Two – David vs. Goliath: the CSS ”David” and its Attack on the USS “New Ironsides.”
While shipbuilding concerns and machine works like the Park & Lyons Machine Shop in Mobile, Alabama were busy creating an underwater terror known colloquially as...
Infernal Machine: The Torpedo Boat during the Civil War Part One – Genesis at the Gate of Hell
At the start of the American Civil War, the Confederacy was faced with an almost insurmountable problem. Using its navy, the United States was able...
