| H. W. Dickinson Robert Fulton Engineer and Artist London 1913 |
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| H. W. Dickinson Robert Fulton Engineer and Artist London 1913 |
Preface
Chapter IAncestry, birth, and boyhood of Robert FultonChapter IIEntry into the world, Paints Minatures, Leaves for England, Exhibits at the Royal Academy, Gives up paintingChapter IIIProjects for marine propulsion, Studies the English canal system, digging machine, patent for inclined plane, writes on canal navigationChapter IVCorrespondence with Lord Stanhope, Bude Canal, Leaves for FranceChapter VArrival in Paris, Canal patent, Submarines projectsChapter VISecond attempt to introduce the submarines, Report of a Commission thereon, Paints panaromas for a living, Constructs and operates the submarineChapter VIITurns his attention to steam navigation, Sketch of the work of previous experimenters, Steamboat on the Seine, British negotiations to withdraw Fulton From FranceChapter VIIIReturns to England, Orders a steamboat engine, Experiments with the torpedo against the Boulogne flotilla, Leaves for the United StatesChapter IXArrival in America, Torpedo Experiments, Launch and Trail Trip of the Steamboat, Steam Ferry BoatChapter XUnited States patents, Steamboat monopoly and litigation to which it gave rise, Steamboat enterprise in Europe and AsiaChapter XIConstruction of first steam man-of-war, Illness and death, Character Hudson-Fulton CelebrationIllustrationsPictures from the book.