Download or read book Captain John Ericsson written by Constance Buel Burnett and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the ... Swedish inventor who designed the 'Monitor,' the little ironclad battleship that saved the Union during the Civil War.

Download or read book The Life of John Ericsson written by William Conant Church and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Man Who Made the Monitor written by Olav Thulesius and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mention Civil War naval confrontations and the Monitor instantly springs to mind. The first of the ironclads, the Monitor not only took part in a major battle, it forever changed the face of naval construction. But who was the man behind the ship? Born in Filipstad, Sweden, in 1803, the brilliant and somewhat eccentric engineer John Ericsson spent his childhood observing his father's work in mining and later learned his engineering skills at the North Atlantic-Baltic canal. As a young man Ericsson turned to a variety of projects. In England, he introduced the ship's propeller, built an Arctic expedition vessel and designed some of the first successful steam locomotives. Moving to New York in 1839, he soon teamed up with Harry Cornelius Delameter of the Phoenix foundry, a partnership which resulted in Ericsson's most famous work, the USS Monitor. Focusing on the man behind the inventions, this book tells the life story of John Ericsson. It details a number of Ericsson's inventions including a steam-powered fire engine, the first screw-propelled warship, a variety of "hot-air engines," and early experiments in solar power from the roof of his Manhattan home. The main focus is Ericsson's design and construction of the ironclad USS Monitor. One of the first viable armored warships, the Monitor revolutionized naval warfare the world over. The ship's battle with the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads and its eventual fate off the coast of Cape Hatteras are covered. Ericsson's relationships with contemporaries such as Alfred Nobel and recent developments concerning the recovery of the wreck of the Monitor are also examined.

Download or read book Captain John Ericsson in New York written by Erik Eliasson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book John Ericsson and the Inventions of War written by Ann Brophy and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the Swedish-American engineer and inventor who introduced the successful use of screw propellers on commercial and naval vessles, and designed and built the famous Civil War ship, the Monitor.

Download or read book The Washington Memorial to Captain John Ericsson and Its History written by American Scandinavian Alliance and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Washington Memorial to Captain John Ericsson and Its History written by Hans Lagerlöf and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Washington memorial to Captain John Ericsson and its history written by American Scandinavian Alliance and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thank You Very Much Captain Ericsson written by Connie Wooldridge and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Iron Thunder written by Avi and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2010-02-12 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his father is killed fighting for the Union in the War Between the States, thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll must take a job to help support his family. He manages to find work at a bustling ironworks in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, where dozens of men are frantically pounding together the strangest ship Tom has ever seen. A ship made of iron. Tom becomes assistant to the ship's inventor, a gruff, boastful man named Captain John Ericsson. He soon learns that the Union army has very important plans for this iron ship called the Monitor. It is supposed to fight the Confederate "sea monster"--another ironclad--the Merrimac. But Ericsson is practically the only person who believes the Monitor will float. Everyone else calls it "Ericsson's Folly" or "the iron coffin." Meanwhile, Tom's position as Ericsson's assistant has made him a target of Confederate spies, who offer him money for information about the ship. Tom finds himself caught between two certain dangers: an encounter with murderous spies and a battle at sea in an iron coffin

Download or read book Thank You Very Much Captain Ericsson written by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Captain John Ericsson wasn't busy succeeding, he was busy failing...gloriously, Captain Ericsson's inventions--a sleek and effecient fire engine, a speedy steam locomotive--were regularly met with uninspired scorn and disdain. Undaunted by these setbacks, he set to work for the Union army on an ironclad ship torival the Confederate Merrimac. His design was greeted with the usual skepticism, but when Captain John Ericsson's strange-looking Monitor does the unthinkable, a grateful nation finally does say, "Thank you very much, Captain Ericsson!" This engaging and spirited biography by Connie NOrdhielm Wooldridge, brought vividly to life by Andrew Glass's energetic and uproarious ilustrations, pays tribute to a inventive spirit and explores what it means to imagine out of the present and into the possible.

Download or read book Claim of Estate of Captain John Ericsson for Inventions and Improvements in Construction of Ships written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Naval Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Claim of Captain John Ericsson for Planning and Superintending Construction of Steam Warships written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Claims and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Claim of Captain John Ericsson for Planning and Superintending Construction of Steam Warships written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Naval Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Original United States Warship Monitor written by William S. Wells and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book John Ericsson and the Age of Caloric written by Eugene S. Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: