
Robert Fulton (14 November 1765 - 24 February 1815) was an engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat commercially. In 1800 he was commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte to design the Nautilus, the first practical submarine in history.
Fulton has been interested in steamboats in 1777 when he visited William Henry of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who earlier learned about James Watt steam...