Yankee from Sweden : the dream and the reality in the days of John Ericsson /
Biography of John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and designer of U.S. "Ironclad Monitor", which influenced the course of the Civil War.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Holt,
[1960]
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Steam tug Flying Devil. Jars of anise seed and coriander ; Young man from Sweden ; Booth, Baffin Island, and a baronetcy ; A time of change ; When the locomotives raced at Rainhill ; The lords of the British universe
- Steam sloop Princeton. The Stocktons of Morven ; Lunch at the Trafalgar Tavern ; A steady New Yorker ; A greeting, a farewell ; Captain Stockton's marine marvel ; "Mirabile dictu!" ; On the bosom of the Potomac ; Black veils slowly rising
- Caloric ship Ericsson. A kaleidoscope of schemes ; The sweets of labor ; World citizen ; Ericsson's Ericsson ; Steam versus caloric ; Something new under the sun
- Ironclad Monitor. A crossroads in history ; A letter to Mr. Lincoln ; Coveniently close to the White House ; Stability in a gale ; Appointment at Hampton Roads ; An engine of war
- Gunboat Destroyer; sun motor. Ties that could not bind ; Movable torpedoes and immovable men ; Space traveler ; Homeward journey
- Appendix A: Last will and testament of John Ericsson
- Appendix B: Ericsson's list of his "contributions to the Centennial Exhibition"
- Appendix C: Partial list of articles, et cetera, written by Captain Ericsson, compiled by William C. Church.