Robert Fulton S Marble

Robert fulton born november 14 1765 lancaster county pennsylvania u s died february 24 1815 new york new york american inventor engineer and artist who brought steamboating from the experimental stage to commercial success.

Robert fulton s marble.

He also designed a system of inland waterways a submarine and a steam warship. Robert fulton1765 1815 american inventor and engineer robert fulton is best known as the inventor of the first operational steamboat. As the component parts of all new machines may be said to be old it is a nice discriminating judgment which discovers that a particular arrangement will produce a new and. His father worked at farming among other jobs and died when robert was a small boy.

Robert fulton november 14 1765 february 25 1815 was an american engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat. Interesting facts about robert fulton. Robert fulton was an american engineer who developed the first commercially successful steamboat. Robert fulton was born near little britain in lancaster county pennsylvania on november 14 1765.

Marble statue of robert fulton national statuary hall collection u s. By the age of 10 robert showed promise as an. In 1816 the commonwealth of pennsylvania donated a marble statue of fulton to the national statuary hall collection in the us capitol. This biography of robert fulton provides detail information about his profile childhood life timeline.

The first was called north river steamboat later clermont 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 miles 480 km in 62 hours. Robert fulton was born november 14 1765 in lancaster county pa. Architect of the capitol. Many people thought that fulton s idea of a steamboat was a joke and referred to his first boat as fulton s folly he married harriet livingston in 1808.

His early education was limited but he displayed considerable artistic talent and inventiveness. As one of america s first civil and military technologists fulton helped shape the worldview and ideals of modern mechanized society. State of pennsylvania in 1889. This statue of robert fulton was given to the national statuary hall collection by pennsylvania in 1889.

Fulton was the son of irish immigrants. Robert fulton was born in lancaster county pennsylvania on november 14 1765. Fulton s first work in the field of naval architecture was to design new types of canal boats and a system of inclined planes to. Howard roberts 1889 photo credit.

However he also developed an early submarine canal designs and patented machines for sawing marble and twisting hemp into rope. He invented a machine for making rope and one for spinning flax and a labor saving device for cutting marble. They had four children together.