A history of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States (1918)
Dunlap, William, 1766-1839, Bayley, Frank W. (Frank William), 1863-1932, Goodspeed, Charles E. (Charles Eliot), 1867-1950 · Boston, C. E. Goodspeed & co. · leaf 392
hich he saw might be easilyremedied. Mr. Fulton returned home in 1806, and renewed his effortsto prove that he could destroy vessels by invisible means, andthe next year he made an experiment upon a hulk, anchoredin New York harbor for the purpose. The owner of the hulkhaving consented, the… … ROBERT FULTON1765-1815By Charles Willson Peale STEAMBOATS 279 Lawrence, but as she did not consent, the experiment failed.Mr. Fultons friends still thought, or said, that the experimentswould be successful. Commodore Rogers thought and reportedthem altogether impracticable. We all know that Fulton…
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