Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . canal navigation in 1795-96. Fulton, Robert, inventor; born in He went to Paris in 1797, and remained there seven years with Joel Barlow,studying languages and sciences, andinvented a torpedo. This he offeredto the French and English govern-ments, but both rejected the inven-tion, and in December, 1806, he ar-rived in Xew York. He went toWashington, where the models anddrawings of his torpedo made a fa-vorable impression. In 1807 he per-fected his steamboat for navigating(he Huds
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . canal navigation in 1795-96. Fulton, Robert, inventor; born in He went to Paris in 1797, and remained there seven years with Joel Barlow,studying languages and sciences, andinvented a torpedo. This he offeredto the French and English govern-ments, but both rejected the inven-tion, and in December, 1806, he ar-rived in Xew York. He went toWashington, where the models anddrawings of his torpedo made a fa-vorable impression. In 1807 he per-fected his steamboat for navigating(he Hudson, having been aided byRobert R. Livingston, with whomhe had been acquainted in had made experiments insteamboating as early as 1798, whenhe was granted the exclusive privi-lege of navigating the Avaters of theStale by steam. Fulton was finallyincluded in the provisions of the in September, 1807, the Cler-mont, the iirst steamboat that navi-gated the Hudson, made a successfulvoyage from New York to Albany andback. She travelled at the rate of 5miles an hour. See LlVINQSTO^f, R. ROHKRT PULlOiN. rUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONS
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