Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 948
ned inthirty hours. Fulton advertised for passengers,and his boat was soon crowded. The Clermont,says an English writer, was the steamboat thatcommenced and continued to run for practicalpurposes, and for the remuneration of her own-ers. Here was the boat that was wanted—onethat was financially… … FIG. 7. AN early propeller. to this notion (Fig 7). A close inspection of thewheel of the boat would show that it is spiral, or 928 STORIES OF USEFUL INVENTIONS screw-like, in shape. Stevens boat made a trialtrip on the Hudson and worked well; but afterFultons great success the little steamer with…
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