Steamboat of 1736

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“A steamboat is a boat or vessel propelled by steam acting either on paddles or on a screw. The term especially belongs to steam river craft; ocean-going craft being called steamers, steamships, etc. The first steam-boat was built by Denis Papin, who navigated it down the Fulda as long ago as 1707. Unfortunately this pioneer craft was destroyed by jealous sailors, and even the very memory of it was lost for three-quarters of a century."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

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Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

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