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    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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    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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    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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