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See also:FITCH, See also:JOHN (1743–1798) , See also:American See also:pioneer of See also:steam See also:navigation, was See also:born at See also:Windsor, See also:Connecticut, on the 21st of See also:January 1743. He was the son of a See also:farmer, and received the usual See also:common school See also:education. At the See also:age of seventeen he went to See also:sea, but he discontinued his sailor See also:life after a few voyages and became successively a clockmaker, a brassfounder and a See also:silver-See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
smith. During the See also:War of See also:Independence he was a See also:sutler to the American troops, and amassed in that way a considerable sum of See also:money, with which he bought See also:land in See also:Virginia. He was appointed See also:deputy-surveyor for See also:Kentucky in 178o, and when returning to See also:Philadelphia in the following See also:year he was captured by the See also:Indians, but shortly afterwards regained his See also:liberty. About this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he began an exploration of the See also:north-western regions, with the view of preparing a See also:map of the See also:district; and while sailing on the See also:great western See also:rivers, the See also:idea occurred to him that they might be navigated by steam. He endeavoured by the See also:sale of his map to find money for the carrying out of his projects, but was unsuccessful. He next applied for assistance to the legislatures of different states, but though each reported in favourable terms of his invention, none of them would agree
to See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant him any pecuniary assistance. He was successful, however, in '786, in forming a See also:company for the See also:prosecution of his enterprise, and shortly afterwards a steam-packet of his invention was launched on the See also:Delaware. His claim to be the inventor of steam-navigation was disputed by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Rumsey of Virginia, but Fitch obtained exclusive rights in steam-navigation in New See also:Jersey, See also:Pennsylvania and Delaware, while a similar See also:privilege was granted to Rumsey in Virginia, See also:Maryland and New See also:York. A steam-See also:boat built by Fitch conveyed passengers for hire on the Delaware in the summer of '790, but the under-taking was a losing one, and led to the See also:dissolution of the company. In 1793 he endeavoured to introduce his invention into See also:France, but met with no success. On his return to See also:America he found his See also:property overrun by squatters, and See also:reaping from his invention nothing but disappointment and poverty, he committed See also:suicide at Bardstown, Kentucky, on the 2nd of See also:July '798.
End of Article: FITCH, JOHN (1743–1798)
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