Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER XLVIII.--Application of Steam to Navigation--Robert

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Fulton--Chancellor Livingston--Launch of the Clermont--She crosses the Hudson River--Her Voyage to Albany--Description of the Scene--Fulton's own Account--Legislative Protection granted to Fulton--The Pendulum-Engine--Construction of other Steamboats--The Steam-Frigate Fulton the First--The First Ocean-Steamer, the Savannah--Account of her Voyage--Misapprehensions upon the Subject 508

SECTION VI.

FROM THE APPLICATION OF STEAM TO NAVIGATION TO THE LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE: 1807-1858.