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Francis Cabot Lowell got the idea from a British design and built off that to spread this well known technology called a windmill.
I think its fair to say that no particular individual is recognised as the sole inventor. Ancient civilisations had running water through channeling etc. The Romans built wonderful aqueducts, which fed water to towns and military positions such as forts, also to public ablution facilities and baths.
The first known artificial refrigeration was demonstrated by William Cullen at the University of Glasgow in 1748. However, he did not use his discovery for any practical purpose. In 1805, an American inventor, Oliver Evans, designed the first refrigeration machine. The first practical refrigerating machine was built by Jacob Perkins in 1834; it used ether in a vapor compression cycle. An American physician, John Gorrie, built a refrigerator based on Oliver Evans' design in 1844 to make ice to cool the air for his yellow fever patients. German engineer Carl von Linden, patented not a refrigerator but the process of liquifying gas in 1876 that is part of basic refrigeration technology.
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Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton
In 1807, Fulton (with help) built the first commercial steamboat, the North River Steamboat (later known as the Clermont), which carried passengers between New York City and Albany, New York. He didn't invent the steamboat, his was just the first commercial steamboat.
In 1807, Fulton (with help) built the first commercial steamboat, the North RiverSteamboat (later known as the Clermont), which carried passengers between NewYork City and Albany, New York. He didn't invent the steamboat, his was just thefirst commercial steamboat
She was built by the wealthy investor and politician Robert Livingston and inventor and entrepreneur Robert Fulton. Source: Wikipedia "North River Steamboat" page
Robert Fulton
Denis Papin, a French inventor, appears to have built the first steam powered boat in 1690.John Fitch built and operated the first commercial steamboat in 1788, on the Delaware River in the U.S., but it was a commercial failure.In 1807 Robert Fulton's Clermont was the first commercially successful steamboat, running a regular passenger route between New York City and Albany, New York.Click the link below for a good Wikipedia article on steamboats.
The North River Steamboat, built by Robert Fulton, and later renamed the Clermont.
Built under the presidential term of Thomas Jefferson and sometimes referred to as the Clermont, the North River steamship was the first commercial steamship. Built in 1807 It was created based on the partnership between inventor/entrepreneur, Robert Fulton and investor/politician, Robert Livingston.
Robert Fulton. Fulton directed the construction of a steamboat in New York in 1807. Registered as the North River Steam Boat, the ship was generally called the Clermont after the Hudson River home of Robert Livingston. On Aug. 17, 1807, the steamboat started on its first successful trip 150 miles (241 kilometers) up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, in about 30 hours, including an overnight stop. After extensive rebuilding, the boat began to provide regular passenger service on the Hudson. The Clermont was not the first steamboat to be built, but it was the first to become a practical, financial, and commercially successful steamboat. Fulton did not try to construct an engine himself, as earlier inventors had done. Instead, he ordered one from Watt and adapted it to his boat.
Robert Fulton. Fulton directed the construction of a steamboat in New York in 1807. Registered as the North River Steam Boat, the ship was generally called the Clermont after the Hudson River home of Robert Livingston. On Aug. 17, 1807, the steamboat started on its first successful trip 150 miles (241 kilometers) up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, in about 30 hours, including an overnight stop. After extensive rebuilding, the boat began to provide regular passenger service on the Hudson. The Clermont was not the first steamboat to be built, but it was the first to become a practical, financial, and commercially successful steamboat. Fulton did not try to construct an engine himself, as earlier inventors had done. Instead, he ordered one from Watt and adapted it to his boat.