. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. century, a little Irish boynamed Ilobert Fulton, who lived near the 8us({uehanna Riverin Pennsylvania, thought he could move a boat Avith paddle-wheels. He put two \vheels on an old l)oat he had on theriver, and fastened them to a crank. When he turned thecrank, that turned the paddle-wheels, and they moved the boatalong quite easily. Ilobert was a poor boy and he had to work haid to takecare of his mother and sisters. But he was bright and willing,so that when he Avas twenty-one he was able to buy a homefor them. All thi
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. century, a little Irish boynamed Ilobert Fulton, who lived near the 8us({uehanna Riverin Pennsylvania, thought he could move a boat Avith paddle-wheels. He put two \vheels on an old l)oat he had on theriver, and fastened them to a crank. When he turned thecrank, that turned the paddle-wheels, and they moved the boatalong quite easily. Ilobert was a poor boy and he had to work haid to takecare of his mother and sisters. But he was bright and willing,so that when he Avas twenty-one he was able to buy a homefor them. All this time he was thinking about his paddle-wheels, andplanning to move them by steam. He went to Europe tohelp build some iron bridges. While there, he built a littleboat to go under Avater and blow up an enemys ship. Then he built a steamboat, put an engine in it, and tried to OTHER INVENTORS. 263 LESSON.—In 1807, the Clermont steamed up the Hudson, and in1819, the Savannah crossed the ocean. In 1836, Ericsson invented thepropeller, making ocean travel safe and make it turn the crank of his paddle-wheels. It did not workwell, and Fulton thought he would go to New York and tryagain. So he went to England and had an engine made,which he shipped to New York, where he built a vessel calledthe Clerinont^ which was nick-named Fulton8 Folly by thosewho ridiculed the idea ofmoving a ship by steam. However, when the vesselwas finished (1807), steam wasmade in the boiler, the wheelsbegan to go round and she The Clermont. steamed up the Hudson to Albany. His success led to thebuilding of many steamboats, which in a few years wererunning regularly between our seaport towns. In 1819, a larger steamer, called the Savannah., went tovarious ports in Eurojje, and was received with almost asmuch veneration as Columbus when the Indians saw his white-winged ships. 4, OTHER INVENTORS. But all these earlier steamers had large wheels on theirsides, and ^vere not suited for ocean voyages. In 1
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