Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 55
ris, Fulton sent a large collection of hismanuscripts to this country. Unfortunately, thevessel in which they were sent was Avrecked,and, while the case was recovered, only a few ^s rsr fraginents of the manuscripts could be usetL Itis owing^ to this misfortune that we have so fewrecords of Fultons… … thanks of the society and an honorary medaLHe invented also, it is thought, about this time, amachine for spiiming flax and another for mak-ing ropes, for both of which he obtained patentsfrom the British Govenmient. A mechanicalcontrivance for scooping- out earth to form chan-nels for canals or…
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