The Life of Robert Fulton
Author : Cadwallader David Colden
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,11 MB
Release : 1817
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat
Author : Angela Royston
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 24,76 MB
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1508146373
Book Description
Robert Fulton revolutionized water travel at the turn of the 19th century. In this book, readers will explore the different kinds of water travel available to Americans in the late 1700s and early 1800s, and how Fulton’s invention was a vast improvement. This book covers Fulton’s early life and work, his interest in canals and navigation, and his development of a widely successful steamboat. Readers will learn about how Fulton’s steamboat worked and how it impacted people. Engineering and technology concepts make this a perfect match for STEM curricula, while Fulton’s background and story provide an exciting history lesson. Engaging text and authentic photographs help readers understand Fulton’s accomplishments, and the way his legacy has lived on.
The Life of Robert Fulton ...
Author : Cadwallader David Colden
Publisher :
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 39,76 MB
Release : 1817
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Robert Fulton
Author : James M. Flammang
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 24,45 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766011410
Book Description
Robert Fulton was the first person to build and operate a successful steam-powered boat for commercial use. Highlighting Fulton's struggles to become a respected inventor and his early work as an artist, this book shows how Fulton's most memorable achievements came as a result of his using his talents to improve upon and perfect the ideas and inventions of others. It also examines Fulton's lesser-known innovations, including his work on perfecting the submarine as a weapon of war.
One Man Caravan
Author : Robert Edison Fulton
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0760353301
Book Description
This adventurous work records Robert Edison Fulton's solo round-the-world tour on a two-cylinder Douglas motorcycle between July, 1932 and December, 1933. First published in 1937.
Robert Fulton, a Biography
Author : Cynthia Owen Philip
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,98 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
This biography reveals that in addition to the steamboat, Fulton was associated with other scientific pursuits as well as being an accomplished painter of miniatures.
Four American Inventors: Robert Fulton, Samuel F. B. Morse, Eli Whitney, Thomas A. Edison; a Book for Young Americans
Author : F. M. Perry
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781017199222
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Robert Fulton and the "Clermont"
Author : Alice Crary Sutcliffe
Publisher :
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 1909
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Robert Fulton
Author : Robert Henry Thurston
Publisher : New York : Dodd, Mead
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 28,34 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
Robert Fulton
Author : Jennifer Boothroyd
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 2006-12-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0822564580
Book Description
This book tells about the life of Robert Fulton, who improved the steamboat and who helped design the Erie Canal.
