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Facts About Robert Fulton. Was a good friend of the painter Benjamin West. The first sail The steamboat was considered as a breakthrough since it took passengers in 1807. He did not leave his dream to make a naval ship with a fundamentally new engine - not oar and not wind. He never got awards because he died shortly after creating it he had died of tuberculosis in 1815.
Fulton was born in Pennsylvania on November 14 1765. It was Fulton who built Nautilus the first submarine after receiving order from Napoleon Bonaparte. It lasted for 62 hours and reached 300 miles. Robert Fulton was born November 14 1765 in Lancaster County Pa. KidzSearch Safe Wikipedia for Kids. Robert Fulton Fact 12.
Robert Fulton lived with Benjamin West - one of the most famous artists of the time.
Robert Fulton was an American inventor of the 19th century who developed the first commercially successful steamboat. Robert Fulton 1765-1815 was an American inventor and successful demonstrator of steam navigation born in Lancaster Co Pennsylvania. When he was 17 he went to Philadelphia and supported himself for four. KidzSearch Safe Wikipedia for Kids. Robert Fulton Fact 14. He had little regular schooling but early showed an aptitude for drawing and invention.