Hark, A Vagrant: Monturiol

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Narcis Monturiol i Estarriol, he of great ideas and great sideburns. I love this guy! He might not have been the first person to think up a submarine, but he was the first to put a lot of things together to make it work. The working man's inventor! Alas, the idea did not take off in his lifetime. But here is a link or two for you. Or three:

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And I mean, come on, how cute is the Ictineo I? So cute.



come with me

under the sea

drive my fat baby around