S01E44: Peabody's Improbable History - Robert Fulton

Peabody visits with Robert Fulton, the famed inventor of the steamboat, and helps prove that steamboats can outrun the fastest sailboats. When the workers quit, Peabody cleverly solves the problem by painting the boiler room to look like the North Pole, motivating the new crew to stoke the fires and win the race.