Author: Ann Brophy
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press
ISBN: 9780382240522
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
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.
John Ericsson and the Inventions of War
Author: Ann Brophy
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press
ISBN: 9780382240522
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press
ISBN: 9780382240522
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
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.
John Ericsson and the Inventions of War
Author: Ann Brophy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780780701922
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780780701922
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
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.
Yankee from Sweden
Author: Ruth Morris White
Publisher: New York : Holt
ISBN:
Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Biography of John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and designer of U.S. "Ironclad Monitor", which influenced the course of the Civil War.
Publisher: New York : Holt
ISBN:
Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Biography of John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and designer of U.S. "Ironclad Monitor", which influenced the course of the Civil War.
Captain John Ericsson
Author: Constance Buel Burnett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A biography of the ... Swedish inventor who designed the 'Monitor,' the little ironclad battleship that saved the Union during the Civil War.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A biography of the ... Swedish inventor who designed the 'Monitor,' the little ironclad battleship that saved the Union during the Civil War.
The Man Who Made the Monitor
Author: Olav Thulesius
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786427663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
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.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786427663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
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.
The Life of John Ericsson V1 (1890)
Author: William Conant Church
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781436586788
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781436586788
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Man of the Monitor
Author: Jean Lee Latham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
A biography of the Swedish-American engineer credited with over 2000 inventions as well as the design and construction of several types of boats, especially the Monitor, the ironclad warship that fought the Merrimac during the Civil War.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
A biography of the Swedish-American engineer credited with over 2000 inventions as well as the design and construction of several types of boats, especially the Monitor, the ironclad warship that fought the Merrimac during the Civil War.
Heroes of Progress in America
Author: Charles Morris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Weapons
Author: Jason Richie
Publisher: Oliver PressInc
ISBN: 9781881508601
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Traces the development of weapons through the lives of such inventors and their inventions as David Bushnell and the submarine, Samuel Colt and the revolver, John Ericsson and the battleship, Hiram Maxim and the machine gun, and Ernest Swinton and the tank.
Publisher: Oliver PressInc
ISBN: 9781881508601
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Traces the development of weapons through the lives of such inventors and their inventions as David Bushnell and the submarine, Samuel Colt and the revolver, John Ericsson and the battleship, Hiram Maxim and the machine gun, and Ernest Swinton and the tank.
Iron Thunder
Author: Avi
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1423140621
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Iron Thunder
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1423140621
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Iron Thunder