Robert Fulton the "Nautilus", the first practical submarine in history. Fulton is also credited with inventing some of the world's earliest naval torpedoes for use by the British Royal Navy. Fulton became interested in steam engines and the idea of steamboats in 1777 when he was around age 12 and visited state delegate William Henry of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who was interested in this topic. Henry had learned about inventor James Watt and his Watt steam engine on an earlier visit to England. Robert Fulton was born on a farm in Little Britain, Pennsylvania, on November 14, 1765. He had three sisters –
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