[DOC] [TLE] Robert Fulton - Wikipedia [PAR] Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765  February 24, 1815) was an American 
engineer and ... As early as 1793, Fulton proposed plans for steam-powered 
vessels to both ... The following year Fitch launched a 60-foot (18 m) boat 
powered by a steam ... Fulton, along with Livingston and Nicholas Isaac 
Roosevelt (1787-1854),... [DOC] [TLE] Who Made America? | Innovators | John Fitch - PBS [PAR] After he was captured and released by Delaware Indians, Fitch was haunted by 
dreams of ... While the credit usually goes to inventor Robert Fulton, John Fitch 
was ... and racing ahead of his competitors, Fitch built the first steamboat in 1787. 
... the sight years earlier of a canoe full of Indian warriors racing through the water
. [DOC] [TLE] John Fitch | American industrialist | Britannica.com [PAR] Although his vessels were reliable, Fitch ignored building and operating costs ... 
after his death, and Robert Fulton, who did not launch a boat until after Fitch died, 
... As early as 1787, John Fitch had demonstrated a workable steamboat to ... and 
1790 against Robert Fulton's later claims of first inventing a steam-powered. [DOC] [TLE] john fitch: a pioneer in the development of the steamboat - jstor [PAR] which he patented June 5, 1787. He then ... ing to note that Robert Fulton was 
one of the passengers ... This content downloaded from 66.249.73.218 on Mon, 
16 May 2016 01:04:02 UTC ... enterprising, and good woman, died before he 
was five years old. ..... tliat Fitch presented a drawing of his steamboat, tube-type. [DOC] [TLE] by Robert M. Rucker Signed and Numbered 168/450 - eBay [PAR] Papin invented the steam digester (a type of pressure cooker) and experimented 
... The following year, a second boat made 30-mile (48 km) excursions, and in 
1790, ... The American, Robert Fulton, was present at the trials of the Charlotte 
Dundas ... The era of the steamboat began in Philadelphia in 1787 when John 
Fitch... [DOC] [TLE] Steam Power and Railroad Development - 1830s [PAR] 28. 255. Massachusetts. 165. 12. 37. 214. Virginia. 124. 16. 34. 174. Ohio. 83. 79 
.... The era of the steamboat began in America in 1787 when John Fitch made the 
first ... The following year Fitch launched a 60-foot (18 m) boat powered by a 
steam ... Robert Fulton (1765-1815) built his first boat after Fitch's death, and it 
was... [DOC] [TLE] Old Timers - Boats of the Hudson 1965 - RootsWeb - Ancestry.com [PAR] This was John Fitch who will be the subject of next weeks article. ... successfully 
operated on the Delaware River 16 years before Robert Fulton's Clermont ... the 
most part fruitless attempts, including a vessel built and launched in 1787 in 
which the .... Then, in 1807, Robert Fulton triumphed in the Hudson with his 
steamboat... [DOC] [TLE] National Waterways Study 0. EvolUtion of the Vessels Engaged in ... [PAR] Robert Taggart .... retained in some for many years after oars had been 
abandoned as a pri- .... Development of New and Faster Vessel Types ... ships 
existed in the colonies long before the Revolutionary War. ... Page 16 ..... 
Launched in 1893, this ..... John Fitch, whom many credit as the inventor of the 
steamboat, was. [DOC] [TLE] Clermont - Henry Livingston, Jr. [PAR] John Fitch had been given a monopoly of this kind by the United States 
government for a period of fourteen years from March 19, 1787; which monopoly 
was... [DOC] [TLE] Lieutenant, John Fitch, Bardstown, Kentucky - American ... [PAR] Aug 22, 2009 ... 16S E 634993 N 4185771 ... On the Deleware river, August 22, 1787, John Fitch 
launched and successfully opperated a steamboat before a ... the American 
inventor a patent on November 20th of the same year. ... During this absence the 
consul loaned his drawings and papers to Robert Fulton, then in... [DOC] [TLE] 'American Steam Navigation' in 'Hunts' Merchants' Magazine ... [PAR]

Question: John Fitch launched a vessel of this type in 1787, 16 years before Robert Fulton
Answer: Steamboat