The Life of Robert Fulton (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The Life of Robert Fulton His extraordinary and successful experiment with his plunging-boat Nautilus, in the harbor of Brest. He blows a vessel to fragments, by a bomb from the Nautilus. The fragments were thrown from 80 to 100 feet in the air.. He rejects the overture from the British Government to suppress his inventions, and sacrifices all to the safety, independence, and interest Of America. 0 00000 00. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
