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Robert Fulton and Steam Navigation. By Thos, W. 

 Knox, editor of " The Travels of Marco Polo," author of 

 " Boy Travellers in the East," etc., etc. One large i2mo 

 volume, profusely illustrated $i 75 



This book tells the story of a life of constant activity and usefulness, 

 and describes the rise and progress of steam navigation in a manner most 

 remarkable and clear. It is free from technical terms of all description, 

 and is written in that charmingly narrative and picturesque form for which 

 Mr. Knox is so justly famous. 



The book is composed of 5c» pages, and contains 82 el^ant engravings, 

 which go to emphasize its usefulness. 



The early struggles of Fulton to get recognition for his inventions, his 

 perseverance, and his dogged determination to succeed, are depicted 

 forcefully and sympathetically. All the great ocean, war, and river 

 steamers of the century, their principles of construction, the gradual evo- 

 lution of speed by means of improved application of the original idea, and 

 the development of the original crude machinery, are described and exem- 

 plified by numerous illustrations. 



G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, New York and London. 



