The steamboat
Robert Fulton
He is credited with inventing the steamboat.
You mean: Who is credited with inventing the steamboat? ...Right? Robert Fulton invented the first full-size, commercial steamboat, Clermont. (:
Robert Metcalfe
No, he invented the steam boat. James Watt is often credited for inventing the steam engine but he only greatly improved Thomas Newcomen's model.
John Fitch is said to have invented the Steamboat but to my knowledge Robert Fulton is most known for inventing it.
Robert Fulton was an engineer and inventor who is credited with developing the first successful steamboat. Robert Fulton's race was white and he was born on November 14, 1765 and passed away on February 24, 1815.
Robert Fulton was the man who invented the Steam Boat For more information about Robert Fulton and inventing the steam boat go to: http://www.kiac-usa.com/clermont.html
Robert Fulton was credited with two distighishable creations, not so much as the "inventor" but as the first successful attempts at such creations. One was a Steamboat, the other, a submarine.
The first successful steamboat was in 1807 by the American inventor Robert Fulton. However, John Fitch made the first successful trial steamboats.
Robert H Goddard is the person credited with inventing liquid fueled rocket.
Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the lightbulb.