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Leading American inventors (1912)

Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 94

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ancellor, had administered to George Washington hisoath of office at his inauguration in New York. ChancellorLivingston, while Minister to France, negotiated the pur-chase of Louisiana from Napoleon. With pecuniary aidfrom Livingston, F^ulton completed his steamboat, andlaunched it on the Seine… … William Symengtons Steamboat Charlotte Dundas In March, 1802, ran through the long reach of the Forth andClyde Canal, against a quick breeze, tugging two vessels, each ofmore than 70 tons burden, completing igyi miles in six hours.When she went by herself, she ran six miles an hour. Her cylinder…

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