New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17
he came to this country, arriving here on Novem-

| ne ciluc W tHIS COuublA, uIiifih0 hNiN W"
| Der 30, 1880.
| HIS FIRST SCREW STEAMER FOR THE NAVY.
In 1910 Captain Ericsson still further distin-
guishcd himself by designing the machinery OF the
| frigate Princeton, the first naval screw steamer
and the first warstcamcr to have all the machinery
| and boilers below the water-linc She was also
| provided with 12-inch wrought-iron gun, REIN
| forced By band shrunk Oh the preech, WIN
| most ingenious and effective device for taking
| up the recol, automatic gun-lock, and an In
strument for determining the distance OF the
I enemy, all of Ericssons invention. The Prince
ton determined reconstruction fOr navles oil the
| world 10 EricssOn's energy ana perseverance, -
! the merchant marine of the world also indebted
for the introduction OF the screw propeller ana IN
| four years after his arrival in this country he
| had applied it to more than forty vessels. NOR
| did he abandon his efforts to improve upon his
caloric engine, but in 1854, in trial of 2,OOO-
ton steamship fitted with his new motor it proved
! to he valuable motor though 1t could not COM
pete with steam a large scale But The inventor
| adapted it to SO many on n small scale that
! in is5s he received the gold and silver medals
! Of the RumfOrd prize. =.
In 1874 Captain Ericsson sent to Louis Ma
! poeon a design for an irOncad vessel wltn re-
| volving turret, similar 10 the Monitor which he
built in October, 1861, and which fought the mem
CRADLE battle with the confederate lr1nelaa Mer-
rmac on March Z, 1862. But the French I'm,
pcror took no notice of the model OF the Vessel
which aferward became 50 famous and when
led 10 the construction OF fleets OF urreted NcsselS
|
! which were furnished by John Ericsson. lie also
| planned and built the gun-carriages for the ID
| inch guns Satan, MOloch and another OF the ram
| Dunderbcrg.
| MS DESIGN FOR \ MOVABLE TORPEDO.
In 1872 and 1873 Ericsson brought ont a sys-
TEN of movable torpcdocs, operated and steered
| from the shore by means of compressed air. III
| 1873 he built the Destroyer, small vessel ntteo
| with gun in the bow, under the watcr-lne, foi
the submarine firing of torpeOdes: In the mean
time lac had at intervals for years bceh cohductlhl
| cNperlmeuts Oh most liberal scale upon I'll,
| radiant heat of flames OF molten and lncandesceh'
| metal. and upon the solar temperature, ana htN
| constructed both steam and hOt-alr engines whoS'
| only fuel furnished by the rays ol the sun
| During the last few Years of his life, Ill addition
10 continued experiments on solar temperature, lie
had constructed hgh-speed engine Tor use IN con
ncction with electric plants, ana also Worcu upon
| the development of a hlgh-cN pal>lOn engine ana
n new form of calorc engine, neither OF whIcl
| were completed to ms fulI Satisfaction "V 'i''
At the Worlds Fair at London in 1851, Cap
| tain Ericsson received prize medal for MS uls'
lance instrument. the deeI-sea Lead, hyIr0N'a'tC
| gauges tor measuring the compression OF liquids
! under great and lesser preSsurcs, an alarm Daroin
| ctcr, Il pyrometer, a rotary nuid meter, ana a re-
| ciprocating fluid meter. His method OF work was
| prculiar in this, that he left far less than
| usual among constructing engineers for his assist
! ants 10 work out; he tastidous in regard u
! details, of which his arrangement was mastery
| md "a a draughtsman IL is questionable whether
| he ever had n rival, either in wealth OF cNpedlcn'
! or in npidlty OF execution. ..,,
| Although Captain Ericsson was n most patriotl'
citizen of the land Of his adoption, he never iorgO
| his native land. When h. had finished the panS
OF the Ajax class of monitors, his hrst act was u
| scnd n complete set of tracings 10 sweden, IRON
| which his countrymen built n vessel, naming II
| thc John Ericsson. and then the inventor pur'
chased pair OF Inch guns from TINS uovern
| ment az cost Of 81 900, which were afterw3rd
| ,nnunted i'm her turret When the people III ms
| native province were suffering from famine ne
sent check of $50 600 for the relief OF those III
! distress.
uoyoRs AND TITLES CONFERRED UPON HIM
ar rho many titles and decorations which
Contain Ericsson received from time to time the
following may be mentioned: He was Knight
| Commander with the Star of the Swedish order
Of Vasa. and of the Norwegian Order Of Saint
Olaf. KNIGHT Commander of the Danish
Order of Dannebrog; Knight Commander OF
the Spanish Order of Isabella CatoHca
Of PhdoHGphS wcSr of 'ns cm fSST' of the
| ROYAL Academy Of Sciences at Stockholm lion
| orary Member of the Royal Academy OF Military
Sciences of Sweden. He also received the nls
,inction of ILL.,. d. from an American University
tLc Rumford Medal, the great gold medal OF me
Mechanics Institute and the medal OF the society
of Arts in London ... ...,,,,,...,,,,
The ANTIQUARIAN spirit which loves to keel
objects familiar TO great man just rs he lei
| ,hcm." that rcvcrent pilgrims of succeeding gen
.-,,iors may gain some idea of the daily life o
tbeir hero. was strongly manifested when Ericsson
died The pen used by great novelist. TN
easel of a famous painter, or even bcd III al
vi nolocc i'm which some king of great couiI
try died and Thus cleared his memory OF TN
renronch that attaches to an utterly useless caree
- Liyh statiou-any relic of this KIND is sur
tn attract throngs of sghtscers. Surely ther
is something very human III the curiosity ina
oiirs' ouct out-of- the-w0y, old-foshioned hous
>, III ~" i,od for more than twenty bus
rears and in back room OF TN
RviI5jpo he worked out the designs for many o
his INVENTIONS Here was the table over whlcl
he bont for hours daily rs the well-worn drawing
. board plainly showed; here he kept his square
and curves and comprises oiH tlc otnqI i,ar
"hnn After his death requests were made 10 III
oXerutors for these mementos, from the America
Soccty OF Mechanical Engineers, and from TN
,Jreo, Nordische Museum in sweden. .
Rut Captain Ericsson. practical 10 the last II
his will directed his executors to turn evegythh
10 ,onev So there was help for 1t; theS
; historic mementoes had TO be sold at auctlOl
g. rho highest bidder, with other goods and chat
tells But George II. Robinson one Oh .he 800.
tors having ordered the sale as an executor, sent
rcnrrcsentative of G.. II. Robinson, patriouc IN
diridual who bought for him certain lot VINE
, cnntoincd the coveted treasures. Then MI koO
. nsnn i'm his individual capacity, presenter men
: to the society which controls the stockholm Ml
, .cu,n II was Il graceful act, anC the soccer
. oi,nnyrl,doed IL by elccting him an h0n0rar.
n,cnher When the I'cach-St. house passed INT
r other hands, representatives OF the the mnts'9i
obiaircd permission To remove the dOor-mnps
Tho Greplace and mantel from the room Inc.
avon took down as much Of the wallpaper a
3 couId Inc removed, and prepared a fac-simile OF IN
rest All this material was taken 10 o'oc i,i W.,
and future visitors to the museum there VIII nm
tho entire working room OF the inventor falthiul
reproduced in every detail.