John Ericsson (born Johan Ericsson; July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish-American engineer and inventor. He was active in England and the United...
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (lit. 'Telephone Stock Company of LM Ericsson'), commonly known as Ericsson, is a Swedish multinational networking and...
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USS Ericsson has been the name of three warships in the United States Navy. They are all named for John Ericsson, the designer of USS Monitor and a torpedo...
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John Ericsson Memorial, located near the National Mall at Ohio Drive and Independence Avenue, SW, in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to the man who revolutionized...
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The Ericsson cycle is named after inventor John Ericsson who designed and built many unique heat engines based on various thermodynamic cycles. He is credited...
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John Ericsson is a Heroic-Scale bronze statue depicting John Ericsson, and is located in Battery Park in New York City The statue depicts the esteemed...
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USNS John Ericsson (T-AO-194) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the...
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Nils Ericson (redirect from Nils Ericsson)
brother John Ericsson, who emigrated first to England and then the USA). He became a prominent Swedish canal and railway builder. Born as Nils Ericsson, he...
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Barbette ironclad Pelayo (1887) - scrapped in 1925 Monitors John Ericsson class HSwMS John Ericsson (1865) - sold in 1919 HSwMS Thordön (1865) - sold in 1922...
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the Second World War. The original monitor was designed in 1861 by John Ericsson, who named it USS Monitor. Subsequent vessels of this type were accordingly...
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Whaleback (redirect from SS John Ericsson)
"Whaleback". About the Great Lakes History Link Minnesota Historical Society Christopher Columbus photos Great Lakes Images Information on SS John Ericsson...
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USS Ericsson (DD-440), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after John Ericsson, who is best known for devising...
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States, died 18 November 1886. Swedish-American mechanical engineer John Ericsson, most famous for designing USS Monitor, died on 8 March 1889. American...
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MS Kungsholm (1928) (redirect from USAT John Ericsson)
Second World War the US Government requisitioned it as the troopship John Ericsson. After the war the Italian Home Lines bought her, renamed her Italia...
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named in honor of John Ericsson, the Swedish-born builder of the ironclad warship USS Monitor during the American Civil War. Ericsson was laid down by...
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Ericsson or Ericson is a Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Eric". Notable people with the surname include: Anders Ericsson (1947–2020), Swedish...
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unsatisfactory for one reason or another. In 1835, two inventors in Britain, John Ericsson and Francis Pettit Smith, began working separately on the problem. Smith...
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The John Ericsson-class monitors were a group of five iron-hulled monitors; four were built for the Royal Swedish Navy and one for the Royal Norwegian...
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John Ericsson (1883–1945) was a Swedish film and stage actor. He played the title role in the 1926 silent epic The Tales of Ensign Stål. The Tales of...
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commissioned on 18 February 1897. It was named for John Ericsson, designer of the USS Monitor. On 18 May 1897, Ericsson arrived at Newport, Rhode Island, her home...
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remainder of the ship was designed by Swedish-born engineer and inventor John Ericsson, and built in only 101 days in Brooklyn, New York, on the East River...
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They named it Crag Ericsson "in honor of Captn John Ericsson … in recognition of its extremely craggy character." John Ericsson was the engineer and...
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abroad for two years; in the United States he met Swedish engineer John Ericsson and in France studied under famed chemist Théophile-Jules Pelouze and...
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the world's first guided missile, but guided torpedoes invented by John Ericsson, John Louis Lay, and Victor von Scheliha all predate it; however, Brennan's...
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SS Archimedes (section Ericsson and Smith)
unsatisfactory for one reason or another. In 1835, two inventors in Britain, John Ericsson and Francis Pettit Smith, began working separately on the problem. Smith...
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John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads (Swedish: John Ericsson – segraren vid Hampton Roads) is a 1937 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf...
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encompassing both open cycle devices such as those of Sir George Cayley and John Ericsson and the closed cycle engine of Robert Stirling. Hot air engines are...
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Henry J. Kaiser Henson Howard O. Lorenzen Impeccable John Ericsson John Glenn John Lenthall John Lewis Joshua Humphreys Kanawha Laramie Leroy Grumman...
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Bonilla was born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican parents. He attended John Ericsson Junior High School 126 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where he became involved...
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USS Monitor, an innovative design proposed by the Swedish inventor John Ericsson. The Union was also building a large armored frigate, USS New Ironsides...
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