A Centenary of Science in Manchester in a Series of Notes
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" 'In the year 1793 Mr. Fulton communicated his scheme for navigating by steam to Lord Stanhope, and received his lordship's thanks for the same, in September of that year. In 1811 I communicated with his lordship on the c^ AT-, ' Steam Navigation. subject of bringing into use in England Mr. Fulton's in- ventions for steam navigation. Lord Stanhope then con- firmed to me the fact of his having received Mr. Fulton's plans so early as 1793, and of his having conferred with him upon their practica...l application. In 1803 Mr. Fulton constructed a steamboat on the Seine, which satisfied him of the correctness of the principle he had adopted ; and in conjunction with the American Minister, Mr. Livingstone, it was determined to transfer their joint exertions for establishing steam navigation to the American waters, for which purpose a steam-engine was ordered from Messrs. Boulton and Watt. From various causes of delay, Mr. Fulton did not arrive in New York until 1806. During that year he devoted his attention to superintend the building of the " Claremont " in the shipyard of Mr.
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