Show the invention of the steamboat robert Ful tons clermont the first steamboat r team boat of any practical value waa was launched into the kast fast river it is not known who first conceived the idea of propelling boats by steam probably salomon de caus calls in 1115 1615 many persona persons experimented men with steam propulsion between when william henry of Penu pennsylvania syl placed a it small boat on oil the conestoga cone i river and when the clermont made its trip to albany among th them em were the marquis do de jouffroy jal james nes rumsey and john fitch these men produced models which were worthy of the name steam steamboat bodt but the clermont was the first steam vessel produced which actually carried paw eugere and freight and robert fulton is fairly entitled to the credit of inventing the steamboat new york herald |