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Man of the Monitor : the story of John Ericsson by Jean Lee Latham ; pictures by Leonard Everett Fisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks T40.E8 L3x
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Latham, Jean Lee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ericsson, John, 1803-1889.
- Ericsson, John.
- Inventors--Biography.
- Inventors.
- Turret ships--Technological innovations--History.
- Turret ships.
- Swedes--United States--Biography.
- Swedes.
- Warships--Technological innovations.
- Warships.
- Physical Description:
- 231 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper, [1962]
- Summary:
- A biography of the Swedish-American engineer credited with over 2000 inventions as well as the design and construction of several types of boats. History remembers him for the construction of the Monitor, the little ironclad warship that held its own against the Merrimack.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- OCLC:
- 224509
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