The most buzzed-about designs embody myriad contradictions and conceptual fixations while still being wonderful to live with.

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Born outside Lancaster, Pa. in 1765 to a failed Irish immigrant farmer, Fulton pursued several other fixations before finding success with steamboats.

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Other Murray fixations are reliability and durability.

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