True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 120
much theyesteemed thegreat inven-tor, gaveFulton morepleasure, hesaid, thananythingelse thathappened inhis life. Ittook morethan oneyear to buildthis greatwarship, andit was suc-cess f u 11 ylaunched in the sight of a multitude of people, and what do you supposethe Government named it? I have no… … ROBERT FULTON i22 ROBERT FULTON came to America and improved on Fultons models, until wehave the wonderful floating forts and terrible cruisers which nowmake up the war vessels of the great nations of the world. But Fulton not only knew about steamboats and steamboatmachinery; he was a thorough…
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