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Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the North River Steamboat. In 1807, that steamboat traveled on the Hudson River with passengers from New York City to Albany and back again, a round trip of 300 nautical miles, in 62 hours. The success of his steamboat changed river traffic and trade on ma…
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culture · American engineer and inventor (1765–1815) · engineer · inventor · painter · scientist · technician · also Robert Fulton, Fulton
Born 14 November 1765 · Died 24 February 1815 · Q192496
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006).
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Fulton was inducted into the "National Inventors Hall of Fame" in Alexandria, Virginia
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1910· 1 entry
Erected a bust of Fulton in one of the parks of Guatemala City
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1815· 3 entries
Died 1815-02-24.
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“Opis: reakcja na propozycję skonstruowania pierwszego statku o napędzie parowym, skierowaną przez Roberta Fultona”
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In New York City from tuberculosis (then known as "consumption")
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1808· 1 entry
Fulton married Harriet Livingston (1783–1826), the daughter of Walter Livingston and niece of Robert R
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1807· 1 entry
That steamboat traveled on the Hudson River with passengers from New York City to Albany and back again, a round trip of 300 nautical miles (560 kilometers), in 62 hours
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1806· 1 entry
Fulton returned to the United States
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1804· 1 entry
Fulton switched allegiance and moved to Britain, where he was commissioned by Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger to build a range of weapons for use by the Royal Navy during Napoleon's invasion scares
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1803· 1 entry
When this boat was driven up the River Seine, it sank
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1801· 1 entry
Bridgewater instead ordered eight vessels for his canal based on Charlotte Dundas, constructed by Symington
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1800· 1 entry
Fulton had been commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, leader of France, to attempt to design a submarine; he then produced Nautilus, the first practical submarine in history
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1765· 1 entry
Born 1765-11-14.
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