Noun
American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
Source: WordNetRobert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat called Clermont. Source: Internet
McEneny (2006), p. 92 In 1807, Robert Fulton initiated a steamboat line from New York to Albany, the first successful enterprise of its kind. Source: Internet
Steamboats "Enterprise on her fast trip to Louisville, 1815" The 1810s continued a trend of increasing commercial viability of steamboats in North America, following the early success of Robert Fulton and others in the preceding years. Source: Internet