[DOC] [TLE] A Thought Experiment: Fulton's Folly [PAR] Feb 17, 2009 ... In addition to his work with steamboats, Fulton was an inventor, ... As a young 
man, he set out to make his name as a portrait painter. ... Fulton had been 
interested for many years in the idea of steam propulsion for a boat. ... Fulton's 
Folly was so named due to the popular assumption that this new type of... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton - Wikipedia [PAR] For other people named Robert Fulton, see Robert Fulton (disambiguation). Bust 
by Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1803. Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765  February 
24, 1815) was an American engineer and ... His father, Robert, had been a close 
friend to the father of painter Benjamin West, (1738-1820). Fulton later met West 
in... [DOC] [TLE] North River Steamboat - Wikipedia [PAR] The North River Steamboat or North River is widely regarded as the world's first 
vessel to ... In 1803, while Livingston was Minister to France, Fulton built a small 
... coming, and the voyage has been performed wholly by the power of the steam 
engine. .... to as Clermont, but no contemporary account called her by that name. [DOC] [TLE] Who Made America? | Innovators | Robert Fulton - PBS [PAR] Although Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, as is commonly believed, ... 
As a young man, he set out to make his name as a portrait painter. ... faster than 
land travel, and Fulton's boat -- formerly known as "Fulton's Folly" -- was a hit. [DOC] [TLE] ShipWiki - Clermont [PAR] "North River" was a common alternative name for the Hudson in the early 
robertfultonstatue.jpg nineteenth century. The ship was generally called the 
Clermont after the Hudson River home of Robert ... Another nickname was Mr. 
Fulton's Folly. ... in which ignorant men compliment what they call philosophers 
and projectors. [DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton's Steam Boat- Clermont - KIAC Global Numismatics [PAR] Robert Fulton's Steam boat Clermont, commerce on the North River, Hudson ... 
But he became increasingly interested in scientific and engineering 
developments. ... Fulton had been interested for many years in the idea of steam 
propulsion for a ... Registered as the North River Steam Boat, the ship was 
generally called the... [DOC] [TLE] Passersby | Define Passersby at Dictionary.com [PAR] Jeffrey Holden had reportedly been shooting at houses and passersby before the 
authorities arrived at the scene. ... The boat excited the jeers of passersby, who 
called it "Fulton's Folly." ... Learn the correct uses of these two commonly 
confused homophones. ... What mistaken pronunciation gave this character its 
name? [DOC] [TLE] Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2001023064 [PAR] Sample text for The fire of his genius : Robert Fulton and the American dream ... 
of a new device he called a "torpedo" -- the name taken from the torpedo fish, or 
electric ... of $16.4 million, more than five times what they had been just four 
years earlier. ... It is hard to know where the memorably derisive phrase "Fulton's 
Folly"... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton - Heritage History [PAR] But the name was changed and the township where the great inventor was born 
is now called "Fulton." .... When the boy learned what the plan was, he was as 
anxious as Robert to try it. ... Robert Fulton had been much with people older 
than himself. ..... The steamboat enterprise was commonly called "Fulton's folly.". [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 9 - Illinois State Museum [PAR] Fulton had hardly been in the States a month before he had proposed to the ... 
known by the name or appellation of Submarine Bombs, Carcasses, or 
Explosions. .... To the bow resistance he added what was called the " plus 
pressure," i.e " the .... scorn, and ridicule that had met him at every turn while 
Fulton's Folly," for so... [DOC] [TLE] The First Steamboat Voyage on the Western Waters [PAR] No name is mentioned in it much more frequently than Roosevelt's,-no

Question: Proper name of what's been called Fulton's Folly
Answer: The Clermont