Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters (1856)
Lloyd, James T. [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, Ohio, J. T. Lloyd & co.; Chicago, Ill., D. B. Cooke & co. · leaf 31
with much kindness, gavehim all possible encouragement, and ofiered him a home in his ownhouse, where he remained for two years. At the end of that time Mr.Fulton travelled through different parts of England, and becameacquainted with several distinguished men of science. It is supposed that, at… … EOBERT FULTON. navigation, and one year later he obtained from the British govern-ment a patent for a double inclined plane, to be used for transportation.We have no particular accoUnt of his transactions during several yearsfollowing, though in 1794 he submitted to the British Society for…
