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Robert Fulton's Life And Work

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Robert Fulton was born on November 14, 1765. Robert Fulton was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When he was 17, Robert moved to Philadelphia. He had become a painter. He was recommended to go abroad because of ill health, he had then moved to London in 1786. Fulton’s lifelong interest was in scientific and engineering developments, especially in the application of steam engines, supplanted art as a career. According to “https://www.aoc.gov/,” “in 1797, European conflicts led Fulton to begin work on weapons against piracy, including submarines, mines and torpedoes.” Although, in 1800 Fulton was successful when he built the "diving boat," he had named it “Nautilus.” Neither the French nor the English were sufficiently interested to induce

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