Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . r-rected party antagonisms. Ericsson, John, engineer; born inVVermeland, Sweden, July 31, 1803. Hebecame an eminent engineer in his owncountry, and attained the rank of cap-tain in the Swedish army. In 1826 hevisited England with a view to the in-troduction of his invention of a flameengine. He engaged actively in mechani-cal pursuits, and made numerous inven-tions, notably that of artificial draft,which is still used in locomotive won the prize oflfered by the Man-che
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . r-rected party antagonisms. Ericsson, John, engineer; born inVVermeland, Sweden, July 31, 1803. Hebecame an eminent engineer in his owncountry, and attained the rank of cap-tain in the Swedish army. In 1826 hevisited England with a view to the in-troduction of his invention of a flameengine. He engaged actively in mechani-cal pursuits, and made numerous inven-tions, notably that of artificial draft,which is still used in locomotive won the prize oflfered by the Man-chester and Liverpool Railway for thebest locomotive, making one that attainedthe then astonishing speed of 50 milesan hour. He invented the screw propellerfor navigation, but the British admiraltybeing unwilling to believe in its capacityand success, Ericsson came to the UnitedStates in 1839, and resided in the cityof New York or its immediate vicinity tillhis death. In 1841 he was engaged in theconstruction of the United States ship-of-war Princeton, to which he applied hispropeller. She was the first steamship. JOHN KUICSSON. ever built with the pvopelHng machineryunder the water-line and out of reach ofshot. In 1840 he received the gold medalof the Mechanics Institute of New Yorkfor tlio best model of a steam fire-engine,and constructed the first one seen in theUnited Stales. King Oscar of Sweden,made him Knight of the Order of Vasain 185:2. He accomplished many things 252 in mechanical science after he settled inNew York. He constructed the Monitor,which fought the Merrimac, using T. (q. V.) revolving turret, thusrevolutionizing the entire science of navalwarfare. At the time of his death he wasperfecting an engine to be run by solarrays. He died in New York City, March8, 1889, and his remains were sent to hisnative land in the United States cruiserBaltimore. Eric the Red, a Scandinavian navi-gator, who emigrated to Ireland about982, after which he discovered Greenl
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