He was also presented with a steam launch at the end of his visit.
They were a particularly American design, brought into being by a local law that made it impractical to use a steam launch for private use.
Almost at once he heard the distant mutter of an engine, and then a steam launch came within sight.
Eagle was a smaller type of steamboat called a "steam launch".
A young aide tried to assist him as he jumped down into the waiting steam launch.
The steam launch rode up and then over them without difficulty.
The explosion threw everyone aboard the steam launch into the water.
The steam launch was like a dog walker holding five leashes.
It took three hours to find a steam launch.
He built his first steam launch when he was 19 years old.
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