Usuku lokuzalwa: NgoNovemba 14 , Ngo-1765
Wafa eneminyaka: 49
Umqondiso welanga: IScorpio
Uzalwe e:IBritane encinci, iLancaster County, ePennsylvania
Idume njenge:Injineli yaseMelika kunye nomqambi
Abaqambi Amadoda aseMelika
Usapho:Iqabane / Ex-:UHaretet Livingston
utata: IPennsylvania
Iinkcukacha ezithe kratya
Imfundo:Isikolo samabanga aphantsi iQuaker
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
URobert Fulton UAbraham UGary Burghoff UDean KamenNgubani uRobert Fulton?
URobert Fulton wayengumqambi kunye neenjineli ezakha i-steamboat yokuqala yokuthengisa. YayinguFulton owakha iNautilus, inkwili yokuqala emva kokufumana iodolo kuNapoleon Bonaparte. I-torpedoes yamanxweme yayizezinye izinto zakhe eziphawulekayo. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengomfundi ofundela imisebenzi yakhe yayiquka ukudala iifoto ezincinci zokuyila iilokethi kunye neeringi. Ngexesha lotyelelo lakhe eYurophu, wafunda iindlela ezahlukeneyo zobuchwephesha kwaye wahlala exakekile ekuzameni ezo zixhobo. Ngelo xesha, wayenomdla okhethekileyo kuthutho lwamanzi ngaphakathi. Umdla wakhe ubangele ukuba kuphuhliswe inkqubo yenqwelomoya. Ngolu lwakhiwo, wafumana ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wase-Bhritane. Ngokuthe ngcembe, waqulunqa isicwangciso semisele yentsimbi kunye nomatshini wokumba. Ikhredithi yokuyila ipanorama yokuqala eboniswe eParis iya kuye. Kwixesha elizayo lobomi bakhe, wakha inqanawa yeetoni ezingama-38, egama linguFulton, egameni likaRhulumente wase-United States. Yayiyinqanawa yokuqala yomphunga eyayiquka amavili okubhexa. Ezinye izinto zakhe ezintle zibandakanya oomatshini abohlukeneyo bokujikeleza ifilakisi, ukwenza iintambo, ukusarha nokupholisha amatye anjengemabhile. Ngokudibana noRobert Livingstone, wavelisa iNorth River Steamboat, eyayiyindawo yokuqala yokuthengisa.
Ubuntwana kunye noBomi bokuqala Njengonyana wabafuduki baseIreland, uRobert Fulton wazalelwa eLittle Britain, ePennsylvania, e-US. Wakhula kunye noodadewabo abathathu kunye nomntakwabo. Utata wakhe wayesebenza kwezolimo. Usapho lwakhe lwaphulukana nefama yabo ngo-1771, wafudukela eLancaster apho utata wakhe wasweleka khona ngo-1774. Imfundo yakhe yokuqala wayifumana ekhaya. Emva kwexesha, wafunda kwisikolo seQuaker. Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsi Umsebenzi Wayesebenza njengomfundi kwivenkile yobucwebe ePhiladelphia. Apha waba yingcali ekudaleni ukupeyinta imifanekiso emincinci kwindlovu yokuyila iitshixo kunye namakhonkco. Ngexesha lokuhlala kwakhe ePhiladelphia, wadibana noBenjamin Franklin kunye nabantu abaliqela kwiMfazwe yeNguquko. Ngelo xesha, wayeceba ukutyelela iYurophu. Waya eLondon ngo-1787. ELondon, encediswa nguBenjamin West, umzobi wase-Anglo-America, wafumana iikhomishini ezininzi zemizobo yokupeyinta kunye nokuma komhlaba. Nangona wakwazi ukuphumelela, akazange abone ikamva elihle kuye. Ngo-1794, wagqiba kwelokuba agxile kubunjineli bemijelo. Umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala yayikukuyila inkqubo yemijelo yokutshintsha izitshixo ezazisetyenziswa ngelo xesha. Kwi-1796, wapapasha 'Unyango kuphuculo lokuhamba ngenqanawa', eyayijongana nenkqubo epheleleyo yezothutho lwangaphakathi-lwamanzi ngokusekwe kwimijelo emincinci eyandayo emaphandleni. Ukwanelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wokushicilela umatshini kunye nezinye izinto ezininzi. Ngo-1797, waya eParis, apho wacebisa uluvo lwenkwili, i-'Nautilus, 'ezakusetyenziswa kwimfazwe yase-France ne-Bhritane; kodwa urhulumente waseFransi akazange ayamkele le ngcamango. Kwi-1800, wakha inkwili 'yeNautilus' ngeendleko zakhe. Inkwili yasetyenziswa emfazweni ngokuchasene neBritane kodwa ayiphumelelanga. Ngo-1801, xa wadibana noRobert R. Livingstone, wagqiba kwelokuba akhe istamboat. Ukulungiselela le njongo, wazama ukumelana namanzi ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zomzimba. Ngelishwa, isikhephe sakhe esiyilelweyo satshona. Ngo-1804 wafudukela eNgilani apho iNkulumbuso uWilliam Pitt wamyalela ukuba akhe uluhlu lwezixhobo zeRoyal Navy. Ngelo xesha, wavelisa i-torpedoes zokuqala zehlabathi kunye noyilo oluphambili. Qhubeka nokufunda apha ngezantsi ngo-1806, wafika eNew York, waqala ukwakha i-steamboat Clermont. Yathiywa ngegama likaRobert Livingstone kwilifa lomlambo i-Hudson. Eli phenyane lalikwazi ukuhamba iikhilomitha ezili-150 ngeeyure ezingama-32. Ngo-1807, kunye noRobert Livingstone, wavelisa iNorth River Steamboat, indawo yokuqala yokuthengisa. Yayisebenza kuMlambo i-Hudson phakathi kweNew York City kunye neAlbany, eNew York. Ngo-1810, amaphenyane amathathu awayewakhile, akhonza imilambo i-Hudson kunye neRaritan. I-steamboats zakhe eziyilelwe endaweni yezikhephe zamahashe zokuwela imilambo eNew York, eBoston nasePhiladelphia. Ngo-1811, 'iNew Orleans' awayeyile yathunyelwa emazantsi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ulawulo lweLivingston-Fulton steamboat yeNew Orleans Territory. Emva kwexesha, wakha amaphenyane amathathu ngokusekwe kuyilo lwe 'New Orleans'. Kwakuloo nyaka, waba lilungu leKhomishini ye-Erie Canal kwaye wahlala eli lungu leeKhomishini de wasweleka. Emva kwexesha, wayila uyilo lweDemologos eyinqwelomoya yokuqala yenqanawa eyenzelwe uMkhosi wamanzi wase-US kwimfazwe ye-1812. Ubomi boBuntu kunye nelifa Wabopha iqhina lomtshato kunye noHarriet Livingstone ngo-1806. Babenabantwana abane abamagama abo yayinguRobert, uJulia, uMary noConelia. Ngo-1815, xa wayezama ukuhlangula umhlobo wakhe kuMlambo i-Hudson owawomkhenkce, wafakwa ngamanzi abandayo emva koko wahlaselwa yinyumoniya. Usweleke ngenxa yokugula kwakhe. Ngomnyaka we-1816, i-Commonwealth yasePennsylvania yanikela ngomfanekiso weemabula kaFulton kwiNgqokelela yeSizwe eStatuary Hall e-US Capitol Building. Ngexesha lokuBhiyozelwa kuka-Hudson-Fulton ka-1909 kwisiXeko saseNew York, wakhunjulwa ngokuyila kwakhe ngokukodwa kwitekhnoloji ye-steamship. Inqaku Umabonakude wabantwana we-BBC ubonakalise isimilo salobu buntu bunetalente ngeenkqubo zayo ezithandwayo ezinje nge 'Triton' kunye ne 'Pegasus'. Eli cwecwe linesihloko esithi 'Holland' yiThe Beach Boys, likhankanya igama lale njineli inesiphiwo ngengoma yayo ethi 'Steamboat'.
