Ericsson
['erɪksən]
Examples
- Ericsson, an engineer of the ripest experience, skill, and attainments, who had then come to make his home in the United States. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Ericsson took out British patent No. 7,149, of 1836, and United States patent No. 588, of Feb. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But it was left to John Ericsson, that great Swedish inventor, going to England in 1826 with his brain full of ideas as to steam and solar engines, to first perfect the screw-propeller. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Stevens in America and John Ericsson in England had brought forward the screw propeller; and Ericsson was the first to couple the engine to the propeller shaft. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Napier and Rankine, for improvements in the air engine, which they anticipated would remove the objections that have been raised to the engines of Stirling and Ericsson. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Braithwaite and Ericsson, which weighed only 2? tons; and the Sans Pareil, manufactured by Mr. Arkworth, which weighed 4? tons. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The engines were coupled directly to the propeller shafts, which feature was one of Ericsson’s improvements, and has continued to be the approved form to this day. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Since Ericsson's day other inventors have made themselves also famous by giving new twists to the tail of this famous fish and new forms to its iron-ribbed body. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Mr. Ericsson obtained a patent for his caloric engine in this country in 1833, and a subsequent patent for improvements on it was taken out in 1851. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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