[DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton - Wikipedia [PAR] Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765  February 24, 1815) was an American 
engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially 
successful steamboat called Clermont. That steamboat went with passengers 
from New York City to Albany and ... He is also credited with inventing some of 
the world's earliest naval... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton's Steam Boat- Clermont - KIAC Global Numismatics [PAR] Robert Fulton's Steam boat Clermont, commerce on the North River, Hudson 
River, New York ... He is best known for designing and building the Clermont, the 
first commercially ... He soon began to win fame as a painter of miniatures and 
portraits. ... 17, 1807, the steamboat started on its first successful trip 150 miles (
241... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton | American inventor | Britannica.com [PAR] Jul 30, 2015 ... Robert Fulton, in a portrait after a painting by Benjamin West. .... The first 
commercially successful steamboat, Robert Fulton's  [DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] His father worked at farming, among other jobs, and died when Robert was a 
small boy. ... Financially successful, he was able to buy a farm near the city for his 
mother. In 1786 Fulton went to London to study painting with Benjamin West, who 
had ... 17, 1807, the Clermont (as it was later named) began its first successful... [DOC] [TLE] Biography: Robert Fulton for Kids - Ducksters [PAR] He managed to make some money painting portraits and was able to buy his 
mother a ... He came up with new ways to dredge canals, to raise and lower 
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successful steamboat and brought the ... He died before the construction was 
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steamboat in ... where he was able to support himself through sales of portraits 
and technical ... Fulton met with limited success as a painter and the public's 
response to his ... current engineering challenges and became involved in a 
project to design a... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton: Inventor of the Steamboat - Famous American Inventors [PAR] ... whose invention of the first commercially viable steamboat helped to transform 
the ... inventor Robert Fulton's initial aspirations were to become a portrait painter 
... Though he started out designing steam-powered ships, Fulton ended up... [DOC] [TLE] Inventors in History: Robert Fulton | Intellectual Ventures Laboratory [PAR] Oct 4, 2012 ... He is most famous for commercialization of the steamboat and his work on ... 
where the workers adopted some of his design suggestions. ... Fulton studied art 
and worked under West painting portraits, which supported him while he ... In 
1800, Fulton launched the first successful submarine, theNautilus. [DOC] [TLE] American History Art Work Descriptions [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Portrait of George Washington by Rembrandt Peale was more commonly ... He 
never felt satisfied with his first painting and for years tried to create a ... Out of 
this came the Clermont the first commercially successful steamboat which ... Prior 
to his illustrious painting career, Homer worked as an illustrator... [DOC] [TLE] Hastings Historical Society: Robert Fulton in Paris [PAR] Sep 21, 2009 ... Many men had worked on designs for steamboats, and some even ... He arrived 
in Paris in 1801, having been appointed U.S. Ambassador to France. ... Fulton 
constructed a steam-powered ship to his own design and, ... In the same year, 
perhaps in celebration of the successful steamboat trip, two portrait... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton | Biography, Inventions and Facts - Famous Inventors [PAR] Robert Fulton Biography - Robert Fulton invented "Commercial Steamboat" 
Robert ... American inventor of the 19th century who developed the first 
commercially successful st. ... lived in Philadelphia where he worked as an artist 
drawing portraits and painting ... While there, he began to design a torpedo and a 
steamboat. [DOC] [TLE] Spotlight Biography: Inventors - Smithsonian Education [PAR] He is perhaps most famous for his role as one

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