Excerpt from The Life of Robert FultonThe Life of Robert Fulton, by his friend Cndwnllnder D. Golden, read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of new-york comprising me Account of the Invention, Provress, and Establishment of steam-boots, of Improvements in the Construction and firmgntion of Canals, and other objects of public utility: with an Appendix.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.