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Jouffroy D'abbans, Claude, Marquis de

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Is claimed by the French as the first inventor of the steamboat; he made a paddle-steamer ply on the Rhône in 1783, but misfortunes due to the Revolution hindered his progress, till he was forestalled by Fulton on the Seine in 1803 (1751-1832).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Jouffroy D'abbans, Claude, Marquis de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​j/jouffroy-dabbans-claude-marquis-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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