Creative Combustion: Image, Imagination and the Work of Robert Fulton

Between 1797 and 1806, artist and engineer Robert Fulton (1765–1815), better known for his career as a steamboat entrepreneur, was almost wholly preoccupied with the planning and promotion of a system for submarine and torpedo warfare.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elizabeth Bacon Eager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2016-06-01
Series:Panorama
Subjects:
2.1
Online Access: https://editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/article/art-and-invention-in-the-united-states/creative-combustion-image-imagination-and-the-work-of-robert-fulton/
Description
Summary:Between 1797 and 1806, artist and engineer Robert Fulton (1765–1815), better known for his career as a steamboat entrepreneur, was almost wholly preoccupied with the planning and promotion of a system for submarine and torpedo warfare.
ISSN:2471-6839