Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-02
2E BOYHO0D ~QP dOHW EREcGSON

by eight, and fitted her with machinery an
in that wonderfully fertile, year, 1887, he an
peared ahoat in her, to the wonder of tn
watermen Of the Thames. She was called I'll
Francis b. Ogden. after the American Cons'
at Liverpool
The plans were submitted to the Admiralf
Board. but "my lords" never looked at Their
Sir William Symends, the great naval arch
tect of his day, oracularly announced that y
was impossible to steer a ship which had
screw at the STERN" and so, and SO, and sol
In short, there was an end of the matte
and Ericsson was disguised that he pack
up his belongings and shook the Engli
dust off his feet forever. u
He had made friends with Captain Robe
f. Stockton. of the United States Navy wi
saw that if the British Government did nj
appreciate the screw, the American Govet
ment would, and soon after Eriesson's arriv
IN the States, he was set to work on a ND
frigate called the Princeton, in which I'll
screw was the chief feature.
Soon afterwards he designed the Pomo1
the first screw vessel in the French Mad
meanwhile Francis Smith, who had taken d
a patent In 1886, Just prior to Ericsson, lE
built the Archimedes and in 1916 the RatN
built in the United States, was tried and n
proved by the British Board of AdmiraR
who had taken eight years to discover thai
screw steamer could be steered in the say
way as any other ship. X
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engine, and on reaching this country, he n
to work on another, which became quite II
| nous in Its way and brought gold medalH
the inventor, who, as soon as the PrineeVl
was out OF hand. took up in earnest with
caloric engine
| So far did this advance in time that in IL
he built 2000-ton ship, in which the cal&l
engine took the place Of the usual steam E
rangement, and on her he made the trip fro
New York to Washington.
But the caloric engine on a large scale u
| not yet proved worth the trouble spent ont
though on small scale over five hundir
are in use in this country. forty of them d.
ing the printing machinery for newspaper
/ During our Civil War Ericsson came bf
! liantly to the front. The Merrimac appeaH
on the scene and caused quite a panic AND
the Northern navy men. Ericsson came
the rescue. He had his invention ready-fI
Monitor-and obtained permission to bpII
the craft he had designed.
1t was "a cheese box on a raft" and
| idea was at first received with derision; Il
opinion soon changed when she got to wd4
She did not take long to build. The 4
Ericsson received the order her keel-pl4
was laid out, and she was ready in hundR
days.
Ericsson did all the drawings, and so ca
| fully were they made, that though the wd
was divided among three different firms
| the parts fitted together like patchwork
AS soon as Itle mOLlIOr was duOdC, ana n
before she was paid for, she was off to FL
the Merrimac, and prove the success of
cupola as a means of defense
Later on Ericsson invented his torpedo bf
the Destroyer.
During his later years he was engaged A
| perfecting his sun-motor. In this the b
is concentrated by means of a rectangu
trough, having a curved bottom lined vi
polished plates rejecting the solar rays
wards a cylindrical heater placed longitF
nally above the trough, and containing stea
or air to give the driving power.
The Swedes are, very properly, proud
him. They erected what they facctio9
termed "a birth certificate" in his hon
This birth certificate weighs eighty THO
sand pounds 1t is book of gram
eighteen feet high, placed in front of
humble miners cottage I'm which he was BOZ
1t seemed but right that the body of 4
great inventor should remain in the counl
where he achieved his greatest triumphs; /
his native land claimed his remains, and so
was decided to send them to Sweden.
The removal was made with the great
ceremony, a United States man of war bel
detailed to convey the body and the Swedt
fleet acting as escort. Foremost among (
| Swedish vessels was the John Ericsson
great turret ship, covered with massive arm
to a depth of eleven inches
| The ceremonies were very imposing, ]
! Sweden was very eager to do all honor tot
| famous son who raised himself from powerful
afhuence. from obscurity to fame, by gem
and hard work