Fulton, Robert

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An American inventor of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He launched the first successful steamboat, the Clermont, in 1807, on the Hudson River in New York.

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How to use Fulton, Robert in a sentence

“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.
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And yet as Robert Ward discovered, Marvin—for all of his larger-than-life machismo—was surprising in real life.
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But the last national figure to wield ancient personal authority in an explicitly religious way was Robert F. Kennedy.
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And the Absinthe House has a full list: Other famous imbibers include P.T. Barnum, Oscar Wilde, and General Robert E. Lee.
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Many had predicted that Robert would devote himself to Mrs. Pontellier when he arrived.
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Madame Ratignolle begged Robert to accompany her to the house; she complained of cramp in her limbs and stiffness of the joints.
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Then, if you gentlemen are successful here, and capture Fulton and Jefferson City, our brightest hopes will be fulfilled.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Robert Fitzgerald received a patent in England for making salt water fresh.
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Harry had no further adventures in reaching Fulton, and at once reported to Captain Duffield, who was in command of the post.
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