Robert+Fulton

By: NatashaC350
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Robert Fulton was an inventor of canal-based machines. He was a scientist who kept on trying no matter what came in his way. Robert Fulton was a distinguished inventor and also had many other talents. v Robert Fulton was born in Little Britain Township, twenty miles south of Lancaster, Pennsylvania v He was born on November 14, 1765 v Died on February 23, 1815 v Lived to be 50 years old v Died in New York

__** Contributions: **__ v Fulton was known for inventing the double inclined plane which could help boats go to and from places v Double inclined plane could raise/lower boats from the water in the canal v Known for a machine that could dig canal v Published a book //A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation// which could help people with their own canal skills v Invented his own submarine (//Nautilus//) which could help the military hide underwater during war v Constructed a paddle boat called the Clermont with a wheel on each side to help get across the water more easily v Invented torpedoes that could be used to help in war in addition to the //Nautilus://



__** Career: **__ v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Robert started painting in Philadelphia v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">He went to London to study painting v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">He was inspired in London by the beautiful boats in the canals, and soon found himself deep into inventing v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Fulton then went to New York to assemble the engine for a steamboat



__**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 1.5;">Did You Know? **__ v <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Before Fulton designed canal based machines, he thought that he was going to be a painter v <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Employed by PA gunsmiths to make designs v <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Started doing portraits in PA v <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Then studied painting in London, England. v <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Robert eventually also became an Author



__ **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Citations: ** __

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Byers, Paula K., ed. "Robert Fulton." //Encyclopedia of World Biography//. Vol. 6. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 151-52. Print.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">2) Parks, Peggy J. //Robert Fulton: Inventor of Steam Power//. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004\. Print.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">3) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">"**Robert Fulton.**" //Britannica School.// Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2013. Web. 5 Sep. 2013. < <span style="color: #096283; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">>.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">4) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">"**Robert Fulton.**" //Britannica School.// Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2013. Web. 5 Sep. 2013. < <span style="color: #bf7600; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">>.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">5) **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Fulton, Robert //**//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">. //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> Art. //Encyclopædia Britannica.// Web. 5 Sep. 2013. < <span style="color: #bf7600; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">>.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">6) “Fulton, Robert” //Discovery Education//. Discovery Education, 2013. [] //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">16, September, 2013

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">7) Image of Fulton’s birthplace: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[|https://www.google.com/search?q=image+of+lancaster+county+pa&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.52288139,d.aWc,pv.xjs.s.en_US.nYXFudhZpfw.O&biw=1280&bih=699&dpr=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=iaQ5UvC7A8GyyAHh-ICQAQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=QHYldB9t4FWbOM%3A%3BIRvwbtVj62PudM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.800padutch.com%252Fimages%252Fmapneusa.gif%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lrrclub.org%252F_archive%252Fnews.html%3B340%3B304].l

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">8) Double Inclined Plane image: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[].

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">9) Torpedo image: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[].


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