A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 276
n a twelve-month, in producing a boat that should steam four milesan hour. Encyolopffidia Americana. A Lost Chapter in the History of the Steamboat, J. H. B. Latrobe,ISTl. STEAM-NAVIGATION. 251 Livingston did not succeed in complying with the termsof the act, but, in 1803, he procured the… … Eotert Fulton. RoBEET Fulton was a native of Little Britain, Lancas-ter County, Pa., bom 1765. He commenced experimentingwith paddle-wheels when a mere boy, in 1779, visiting anaunt living on the bank of the Conestoga. During hisyouth he spent much of his time in the workshops of hisneighborhood,…
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