Robert Fulton: His Life and Its Results (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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And all the fame, which has been indisputably his. Before taking up our study of the life of Fulton.
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And all the fame, which has been indisputably his. Before taking up our study of the life of Fulton.
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.
Excerpt from Robert Fulton: His Life and Its Results
Robert Fulton has often, if not generally, been assumed to have been the inventor of the steamboat, as Watt is generally supposed to be the inventor of the steam-engine, which constitutes its motive apparatus. But this notion is quite incorrect. The invention of the steam-engine and that of the steam-boat alike are the results of the inventive genius, not of any one man or of any dozen men, but have been the outcome of the inventive powers of the human race, exerted at intervals throughout the whole period of recorded history. An invention is usually, or is at least assumed to be, the product of the genius of some great mechanic, acting, as did the genii of old, by a single effort of the mysterious power. In this sense of the word, the steam-engine was never invented; rather it is the culmination of a long series of inventions of detail, and of improvements upon the earliest crude conceptions, and is the product of growth in a definite direction, and toward a now well-defined end.
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.
Robert Fulton has often, if not generally, been assumed to have been the inventor of the steamboat, as Watt is generally supposed to be the inventor of the steam-engine, which constitutes its motive apparatus. But this notion is quite incorrect. The invention of the steam-engine and that of the steam-boat alike are the results of the inventive genius, not of any one man or of any dozen men, but have been the outcome of the inventive powers of the human race, exerted at intervals throughout the whole period of recorded history. An invention is usually, or is at least assumed to be, the product of the genius of some great mechanic, acting, as did the genii of old, by a single effort of the mysterious power. In this sense of the word, the steam-engine was never invented; rather it is the culmination of a long series of inventions of detail, and of improvements upon the earliest crude conceptions, and is the product of growth in a definite direction, and toward a now well-defined end.
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.
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- VerlagForgotten Books
- Erscheinungsdatum2019
- ISBN 10 1331918669
- ISBN 13 9781331918660
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten206
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