Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-06

, attic-untii later years Of Fulton's
faine, when II occupied a place OF honor
In the aunts best parior--but the idea
went with the boy out into the world,
lay fallow IN his mind untll his FINAL
fruitgc in the good old-fash.oned way
OF blade and ear and full corn on the
ear
At a. Fulton decided to become an
artist aud protrait painter aud went 20
Philadelphia 10 pursue nis studies. By
the time DC had reached his m lluritN
Ne had met with 20 marked financial
success that ne WAS able 90 present
well-stocfed farm GO his widowed moth
ef Tor her future support while with
Tree conscience he started for England
TO continue nis WORK
tie Carried with him letter Of intro
duction 20 West, then nr sidont OF the
ROYAL Academy, and his ability and
winning personality quickly did the
rest. Fulton becoming "a welcome meme
Der Of the distinguished artists family.
ON tour OF inspection OF the art
treasures Ia The homes OF the English
nobility the promising young artist be-
came Intimate with the Duke Of Bridge
water. who had introduced the canal
system in England. and through his in
nuence art WIS abandoned for me-
chanics q further inspiration for Flii-
toms lie work coming through the
stimulating friendship VI the great
Watts.
min FOR saving marble won for the
enterprising young American inventor
a medal from the British Society for
the Promotion OF Arts and Commerce
while the honor OF achievement swiftly
grew in one practical invention after
another--a machine for spinning flax;
one for making rope. an cxcavator for
"seooping out" canals and aqueducts.
In 1897 Fulton left England for Paris.
BE made his debut before the French
public by inventing ald painting the
first panorama ever exhibited IN Paris.
This he sold to defray heavy expenses
In constant enthusiastic experiments
along the lines OF steam navigation so
dear TO his heart.
Improvements in canals, aqueducts.
inclined planes boats and guns.
brought him much credit but little
profit during the busy years that fol-
lowed
The new century opened with one
Of the most bizarre Of all his inNen-
lions. In 1901, he brought out his sub
marine boat. the Nautilus, a diving
boat that held eight men and provi-
sions for 20 days with power enough to
plunge 100 feet under water and a
reservoir OF air sufficient for eight
men TO remain under water for eight
hours.
Hardly less wizardwlse was his tor
pedo that gave a practical demonstra-
ton of its capacity for destruction by
blowing up a vessel Of 200 tons.
The little family unpleasantness with
England that had fired his boyish I'M
agination with interest In all guns and
combustibles was now entirely over.
and my friend, the enemy, was one Of
the countries that looked the inven-
ion over with a view 10 purchase.
though when a hint was dropped that
Il negotiations turned out favorabiy,
fulton would have 20 pledge that Eng
lind should have the sole use OF the
"infernal machine he periodically re-
piled:
Whatever may be your award, l
never will consent 10 let these inven-
lions lie dormant should my country
AZ any time have need OF them. Were |
you To grant nue. an annuity OF 10000 !
pounds / would sacrifice all &C. the
safety and Independence Of my coun- |
try"
In Paris was the initial venture Of |
the invention that so far outstripped |
all the others that it alone is remem- |
bered by the general public mind. |
There is nothing new under the sun, |
and the germ of the steam engine, |
we are told, was discovered by Hero |
Of Alexandria, 200 years B. G. Nor was /
the application OF the steam engine to |
water craft FIRST conceived by Fulton |
He was simply one OF many working /
along the same line OF interests, only /
with a clearer insight, greater ef- /
with the stavinR quality that |
profits by kindness. triumphs over all |
obstacles, a man OF vision-and a man
with the power Of making the vision
sood.--May c. Ringwalt, In Los An
,eles Times