Robert Fulton :: CONTENTS

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
An Old-time Fourth of July	1
CHAPTER II
Robert Fulton’s Boyhood	10
CHAPTER III
Painting Portraits and Miniatures	20
CHAPTER IV
The Gift of a Farm	29
CHAPTER V
Studying Art in England	37
CHAPTER VI
From Art to Invention	48
CHAPTER VII
Achievements in Paris	62
CHAPTER VIII
Building the First Submarine	73
CHAPTER IX
Building the First Steamboat	84
CHAPTER X
In Holland and England	100
CHAPTER XI
Experiments with a submarine	107
CHAPTER XII
Some Early Steamboats	121
CHAPTER XIII
Building the Clermont	130
CHAPTER XIV
First Voyage of the Clermont	138
CHAPTER XV
Steamboats and Submarines	155
CHAPTER XVI
Ferry-boats and River-boats	172
CHAPTER XVII
Fulton’s Home and Fulton’s Honors	183

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