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The Man Who Made the Monitor: A Biography of John Ericsson, Naval Engineer

The Man Who Made the Monitor: A Biography of John Ericsson, Naval Engineer

Thulesius, Olav

Paperback

Biographies GeneralHistorical FiguresCivil War Period (1850-1877)

ISBN10: 0786427663
ISBN13: 9780786427666
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Feb 1 2007
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.40 Depth: 8.84
Language: English

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.

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