Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 99
d was ahead: no advantage could be de-rived from my sails: the whole has, therefore, been per-formed by the power of the steam engine. The Clcniwnt was 150 feet long, 13 feet beam, and 7feet in depth of hold. Her tonnage was about 100. Theengine cylinder was of 24-inch diameter, and 4 feet… … x oi u ROBERT FULTON 63 feet, while her engine was improved from plans furnishedby Fulton. Two more boats, the Raritan and the Car ofNeptune, were added to the Clermont, establishing the firstregular line of steamboats in the world, some years in ad-vance of similar lines in Europe. The Legislature…
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