Unable to obtain new loans to complete the construction of his propeller-driven steamboat, Charles Dallery ordered his workers to dismantle the boat. 1803. Illustration from "Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes" written by Louis Figuier and published in 1867 by Furne, Jouvet et Cie.

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