Eminent engineers; brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most to further mechanical progress (1906)
Goddard, Dwight, 1861-1939 · New York, The Derry-Collard company · leaf 44
inst which he struggled and understand the compara-tively small measure of fame that has been his reward. If he had lived in later times he would have been anengineer of rank. He did enough, however, in introducingthe high-pressure steam engine to deserve the credit paidhim in the following: Evans.… … Robert Fulton.1765-1815 42 Robert Fulton. T T T Robert Fulton was the first American engineer of realability and training. He was born in a small inland town of Pennsylvaniain 1765 of Irish parentage. His father died when he wasyoung, leaving him with a slight education and the earlyobligation of…
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