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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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the Second World War. The original monitor was designed in 1861 by John Ericsson, who named it USS Monitor. They were designed for shallow waters and...
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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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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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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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HSwMS John Ericsson was the lead ship of the John Ericsson-class monitors built for the Royal Swedish Navy in the mid-1860s. She was designed under the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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memorials. John Ericsson statue (1903) – Located near the center of the park, the statue was designed by Jonathan Scott Hartley. It commemorates Ericsson, a designer...
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Novelty was an early steam locomotive built by John Ericsson and John Braithwaite to take part in the Rainhill Trials in 1829. It was an 0-2-2WT locomotive...
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problem-solving with computer hacking. Ludvig Strigeus was awarded the 2006 John Ericsson (sv) Medal, the 2011 Tenzingpriset, 2015 honorary doctorate, and the...
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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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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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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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a single title: Sherman's March (2007), April 1865 (2003), The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (2007), and Stealing Lincoln's Body (2009). The collection is...
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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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