Nicholas Roosevelt (inventor) 74-gun ships. In 1797, with Robert R. Livingston and John Stevens, he agreed to build a boat on joint account, for which the engines were to be constructed by Roosevelt, and the propelling agency was to be that planned by Livingston. The experiment failed, the speed attained being only equivalent to about in still water. On September 6, 1798, Roosevelt described and earnestly recommended to Livingston a vertical wheel, which is the first practical suggestion of the combination that made steam navigation a commercial success, although four years later Robert Fulton believed that chains and floats were alone to be
First You Build a Cloud First You Build a Cloud First You Build a Cloud is an album by guitarists Andy Summers and Ben Verdery on the Rare Recordings label. The album consists of twelve guitar duets, with Verdery on acoustic and Summers on electric. The two musicians got the idea to record an album together when classical composer Ingram Marshall approached them to perform in a concerto for acoustic and electric guitar, "Dark Florescence", and they offered to improvise for him to provide inspiration. On his performing classical music for guitar, Summers said: "I have always been very attracted to more edgy classical composers