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The man who made the Monitor : a biography of John Ericsson, naval engineer / Olav Thulesius.

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Van Pelt Library VM140.E75 T48 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Thulesius, Olav.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ericsson, John, 1803-1889.
Ericsson, John.
Monitor (Ironclad).
Marine engineers--United States--Biography.
Marine engineers.
Monitor (Ironclad)--Design and construction.
United States.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
viii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2007]
Summary:
"The main focus of this work 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"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Miner and canal boy
Soldier and inventor John
To England
Locomotion
John Bull
Propulsion
The New World
The Princeton disaster
The age of caloric
Naval blockade
The new Merrimack
Lincoln's raft
The Monitor
The right track
Happy experience
The Monitor boys
Tragic end
Monitor craze
The Destroyer
Solar energy
Centennial exhibition
Alfred Nobel
Manhattan
The man
Family and friends
Home again
Ericsson remembered
Lost and found.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index.
ISBN:
9780786427666
0786427663
OCLC:
76183806

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