Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton (1615-1765) was an American engineer, born in Pennsylvania. He began life as a miniature portrait and landscape painter, in which he made some progress, but soon turned to engineering. He was one of the first to apply steam to the propulsion of vessels, and devoted much attention to the invention of submarine boats and torpedoes. He built a steamboat to navigate the Hudson River, with a very slow rate of progress however, making only five miles an hour.

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