and was probably present. As thereseems to have been two strangers at the trial, Mr. H. may havebeen misled into supposing that Fulton was one of them by thefact that subsequently Livingston and Fulton were connected insteam-boat experiments.31 3G2 LIFE OF JOHN FITCH. thing less. The steam was… … John Fitchs Screw-propeller Steam-boat on the Collect, New York, 1796. This boat was propelled by a screw propeller. Theboiler was a ten or twelve-gallon iron pot, with a lidof truck-plank, firmly fastened to it by an iron barplaced transversely. The boat was 51 ships yawl,steered by an oar. The…
Fitch, John, 1743-1798 · Steam-navigation
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