Contributions to the Centennial Exhibition / by John Ericsson, LL.D., honorary doctor of philosophy of the Royal University of Lund, member of the Royal Academy of Science Stockholm, member of the Royal Academy of Military Sciences of Sweden, honorary member of the Royal Scientific Society of Upsala, and member of various other scientific institutions in Europe and America, knight commander, with the grand cross, of the Order of Nordstjernan, knight commander of Dannerbrog, first class, knight commander of Isabel la Catolica, knight commander of Sanct Olaf, and knight of the Order of Vasa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ericsson, John, 1803-1889, author.

Series:

Smithsonian collections online : world's fairs and expositions : visions of tomorrow.

Smithsonian collections online : world's fairs and expositions : visions of tomorrow

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inventions.

Physical instruments.

Caloric engines.

Monitor (Ironclad).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 577 pages, 67 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portrait, plans.

Manufacture:

New York : Printed for the author at "The Nation" Press, 1876.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1876]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"The Commissioners of the Centennial Exhibition having omitted to invite me to exhibit the results of my labors connected with mechanics and physics ... I have ... deemed it proper to publish a statement of my principal labors during the last third of the century ..."--Introduction.

Reproduction of the original from the Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library.

OCLC:

569346850

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.