Robert Fulton, a biography /

Robert Fulton was a renaissance man. Starting out as a fine arts painter, he produced the world's first steamboat empire, thrusting America to the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. At the same time, he invented a means of raising boats on canals and a system of submarine warfare. Born in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Philip, Cynthia Owen (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Franklin Watts, 1985.
Subjects:	Fulton, Robert, > 1765-1815. Fulton, Robert. Fulton, Robert, > 1765-1815 Marine engineers > United States > Biography. Inventors > United States > Biography. Technology > United States > History > 18th century. Technology > United States > History > 19th century. FULTON, ROBERT, 1765-1815. Mécaniciens de navire > États-Unis > Biographies. Inventeurs > États-Unis > Biographies. Technologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle. Technologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle. Inventors Marine engineers Technology United States Stoomschepen. Ingenieurs. 1700-1899 collective biographies. Biographies History Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Pennsylvania roots
Many, many a silant solitary hour
A prospect of considerable profits
An adventurer armed with fortitude
A curious machine for mending politics
Works of genius and utility
Wifey, hub, and toot
Steamboat experiments
Un succés complet et brillant
Alias Robert Francis
Mine is no common cause
America
Hudson River triumphs
Monopolies are justly held as odious
All the weight on one fulcrum
The happiness of the earth
The cupidity of many
Fickle fortune
Two such friends
Useful and honorable amusements
The nation's benefactor
Stag at bay
Epilogue.