Robert Fulton, American Engineer #7
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Robert Fulton, American Engineer #7
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Science Source
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Robert Fulton. Trade card from the Great Americans series, issued in a set of 50 cards in 1888 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes (cropped and cleaned). Robert Fulton (1765 - 1815) was a famous American engineer and influential inventor. In 1791 he moved to France where he designed the torpedo-carrying submarine Nautilus, and, in 1803, the first steamship. He returned to America and by 1807 had organized the first commercial paddle steamer services on the Hudson River.
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