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Robert Fulton was born November 14 1765, in Lancaster County, Pa. His father worked at farming. among other jobs.and died when Robert was a small boy.

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Robert Fulton was born November 14 1765, in Lancaster County, Pa. His father worked at farming. among other jobs.and died when Robert was a small boy.

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By the age of 10 Robert showed promise as an artist and was employed by local gunsmiths to make designs for their work.

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By the age of 10 Robert showed promise as an artist and was employed by local gunsmiths to make designs for their work.

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In 1786 Fulton went to London to study painting with Benjamin West who had been a family friend and was by this time one of the leading American painters living in England. 

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In 1786 Fulton went to London to study painting with Benjamin West who had been a family friend and was by this time one of the leading American painters living in England. 

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about 1793 he gave up painting as a vocation, pursuing it only for his own amusement.

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about 1793 he gave up painting as a vocation, pursuing it only for his own amusement.

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Robert Fulton was a inventor of the Steam Boat 

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Robert Fulton was a inventor of the Steam Boat 

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In 1801 he proceeded with his submarine, the Nautilus, against various ships but was unsuccessful. By 1804 his failure to win French money for destroying British ships led him to offer to destroy French ships for the British government. 

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In 1801 he proceeded with his submarine, the Nautilus, against various ships but was unsuccessful. By 1804 his failure to win French money for destroying British ships led him to offer to destroy French ships for the British government. 

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For the next 10 years Fulton devoted himself to the development of underwater warfare through the invention and improvement of a submarine and explosive torpedoes.

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As early as 1794 Fulton considered using steam power to drive a boat. Seven years earlier John Fitch had successfully demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River at Philadelphia, but in the interim no one had been able to make both a mechanical and commercial success of the idea.

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As early as 1794 Fulton considered using steam power to drive a boat. Seven years earlier John Fitch had successfully demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River at Philadelphia, but in the interim no one had been able to make both a mechanical and commercial success of the idea.