Show appearance OF THE FIRST STEAMBOAT here Is a picture whose chief interest bea in the fact that t ghawi the of practical navigation inasmuch as it the proposal made by jonathan hull of england as conf apo a 1737 for a machine for ahapa in and out of bur wind and tide hulls invention wa greatly improved dpn by what wag described t the time as the farat practical steamboat which in honor of lord dandas daughter wag named the charlotte dundai this was bollt in 1803 and like ciolla wa propelled by a paddle at the stern but the paddle of the new boat wai in an arched tunnel and the machine altogether wholly am proved later came robert fulton in america with his ride wheeler and the begin nine of practical steam navigation lord bacon wag the youngest barrister ever made a king counsel he wa 29 when he becart aln conn connal sl in 1500 |