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"PAEr'. asr PiugiOss he ga IN De XII (ioOs.l
'.RO6ert Fklonto he eits:u, Mo;oy B.,S,t
z -Lsaa and Asngolfer. 'tf -ryE
4 ar'FEiESDs o. TnE Akrs.-I hereby epelo,,
4 'hs'akslches and bswirgs Of "A machine I an
cOnutruG'ing, with a view Of making experi.
nsnts upon river boats, IN order to cause Them
to ascend The water by the means Of Ere pumps.
i Ny hrst Objectin such stlenpt, is to apply Il
upon the great river Of America, deprived oi
side ways very difficult to establish a. places
so that the expenses Of steam navigation vii
bsPlassd3 upon an equal footing With hand Il.
bOg audpot with horse labor as in France. g
sa"fOu will see how such discovery, If sue.
cesSful, viii be Immediately more important "a
AmsriSR than 70 France. a country where rive,
'byways and companies for the transportation
of goods are established every and where
the rate OftransportatiOn Is SO low, that doubt
much, whether steamboat however perfect
she may be, will carry goods at cheaper price
than horses. However passengers may gain
something on account ofswiftness. .l-'e
"You win not find anything new in these
drawings, since they represent but water oars,
a means often tried. and always abandoned, be.
cause it was thought to act With disadvantage
against the water. But according to the ex-
periments made by nee, remain convinced
that the defect doesnot reside in The wheel. bu!
in the ignorance of the true proportion between
swiftnsss and power, and probably Of The me.
chanicH conditions. gei. h7'1iaf a.aA
a'"E1sct experiments have led me to believe
that water wheels are to be preferred to the
chdpeld consequently, aud though wheels are
Of no new application, if, however, combine
them in such way that half Of the mechani-
cal power will act in moving the boat onward
in the same manner as II she was pulled upon
land, the combination will be superior to all
that which has been done tillth present time; /;
and it's, in fact, a new discovery.
%" Propose to establish, for the transporta-
ion Of goods, boat, with machinery, for tie
purpose oftOwing several loaded boats, pressed
one sgainst another,so as to prevent water from
flowing between them. and to increase the re-
sistance. / have done this already in my pat
ent for small canals; it is Indispensable for mer-
chants boats, moved by FIRE engine: For in
stance:
4 Heret the letter contains the sketch of three
boats following in this order; @, B, ~ a-r.8
Suppose the machine of boat A presents to
the water a surface of go feet pointed at an am
| gle Of 80 degrees; such a boat needs 42o Abs
steam power, striking 5 feet every second, in
order to move her in stagnant water. If the
faces of boats B aad c are similar to A, they
will require an equal power of 42O Ibis, that is
TO say, 1880 pounds for the three. whilst il
/ they are. tied in the manner 1 indicate, the
strength of ago pounds will be sufficient for
them all Such a great economy of power is
too considerable to be neglected in such an un-
dertaking, IA z-~. g.-sea- sac si 5ass.
'GIrIzENs When Twill. have made my ex-
periments, I shall have the pleasure of sending
you an invitation, so that you may witness it..
l reserve the privilege, II l am successful Of
either making present of my work to the Re
public, or to derive from it the advantages
granted to me by the law. Iacually make a
derosite Of these notes into your hands SO that
ifa similar project was submitted to you. il
may not, get, the preference over mine before
Imy experiments be completed. .ssr.l 7ss stf
i ROBERT FULTON, ... d. y
/ ... No. 80 Vaugirard street.
i This authentic document, entirely. from the
hand Of Fulton, and signed by him, proves, in
an irrefqtable manner, that steam navigation
first started from an Office situated in Vaugi.
rsrd street. No. so, at Paris II we were the
owner of that house, such fact would be made
conspicuous by means of an outward inscriP,
ton placed in front Of, the house. ., ,zsr
1t will be observed how important is the date
i of that document. Though placed under glass
in public place, it has been omitted by Ful.
toms bographers; none Of them have taken any
notice Of it, The biography Of Fulton, print
ed one year after his death, does not mention
it. In 1905 he proposed the application of biz
machine to the navy for the conquest Of Grea
2 Britain, to Napoleon; then at Boulogne. W,
may see. thereby. how the primary idea haf
/, progressed IN the mind Of the inventor.
} Drawings annexed the preceding letter are
4 preserved in the same case; it is already th'
/ steam engine in its embryo state
), When from the camp of Boulogne. NaPQle
I on threatened the coasts Of England the IN
j yention Of Fulton wanted but little to reach it
= state Of maturity and to change the state OF III
world6g 80 8 y rw zsz3i iaG3SH&
Napoleon was not personally mistaken abOu
) Fuhoh's discovery. But besieged by q thou
:. sand various cares, he was afraid 10 trust hi