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A conventional pair of Dahlgren smoothbore guns in the turret replaced the steam-powered gun and torpedo he had hoped for. John Ericsson is born Johan 31. July 1803 in Langban, Filipstads municipality, Värmlands Län, Sverige. During his lifetime, John Ericsson revolutionized several facets of technology. He is best known for his work during the Civil War when he transformed naval warfare through his design of the iron-plated USS Monitor.

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He was born at Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sweden, but primarily came to be active in England and the United States. He is remembered best for designing the steam locomotive Novelty (in partnership with engineer John Braithwaite) and the ironclad ship USS John Ericsson (1803-1889), Swedish-born American engineer and inventor, perfected the screw propeller and constructed radically designed warships, notably the ironclad "Monitor." He began as an iron miner but showed an aptitude for machinery construction, drafting, and engraving. Ericsson later presented drawings of USS Monitor, a novel design of armored ship which included a rotating turret housing  The main focus is Ericsson's design and construction of the ironclad USS Monitor . One of the first viable armored warships, the Monitor revolutionized naval  “Captain John Ericsson: Father of the Monitor,” by Constance Buel Burnett, Vanguard Press, NY, 1960. This 255-page hardback is a juvenile biography of the  You will now be much nearer to the metropolis…” JOHN ERICSSON. Autograph Letter Signed, to Unknown Recipient, September 29, 1860. 2 pp.

Han var dock mest verksam i Storbritannien och USA (amerikansk medborgare 1848). Han konstruerade i England en tubångpanna, som användes i loket Novelty, en ångspruta och en propeller för fartyg som pansarbåten Monitor.

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The Monitor 's performance during the battle with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia on March 9, 1862, made Ericsson a great hero in the North. The John Ericsson-class monitors were a group of five iron-hulled monitors; four were built for the Royal Swedish Navy and one for the Royal Norwegian Navy in the mid to late 1860s. They were designed under the supervision of the Swedish-born inventor, John Ericsson, and built in Sweden. On March 9 the Monitor fought the Confederate ironclad Virginia (formerly Merrimack), leading the federal government to place an order with Ericsson for many more Monitor -type vessels; these ships played an important role in the blockade of the Confederacy.

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År 1873 sammanbyggdes tre mindre holmar till en holme som gavs formen av pansarbåten Monitor. With USS Baltimore and the battle of Monitor and Merrimack at John (Johan) Ericsson var en svensk uppfinnare född 1803 i Långbanshyttan. John Ericsson från Långbanshyttan staty. Han blev hjälte när han för Nordstaterna konstruerade det bepansrade skeppet Monitor som vann  John Ericsson hyllades alltså av folket, och det är lätt att begripa varför. När Ericsson byggde Monitor, gjorde han en stor insats för Nordstaterna  Logen nr 4 John Ericssons tillkomst och därmed Odd Fellow Ordens Vid nio-tiden samma kväll kom Monitor inseglande efter en stormig resa  Mitt namn är John Ericsson och jag är uppfinnare.

An innovative warship, she had a thick-armored round turret which was twenty-feet in diameter. Rotated by steam power, the turret could fire nearly 360 degrees from a pair of eleven-inch Dahlgren smoothbore shell guns. Departing John Ericsson (85) gick bort i sitt hus på 36 Beach Street, New York den 8 mars 1889 i New York.
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Han blev hjälte när han för Nordstaterna konstruerade det bepansrade skeppet Monitor som vann  John Ericsson hyllades alltså av folket, och det är lätt att begripa varför. När Ericsson byggde Monitor, gjorde han en stor insats för Nordstaterna  Logen nr 4 John Ericssons tillkomst och därmed Odd Fellow Ordens Vid nio-tiden samma kväll kom Monitor inseglande efter en stormig resa  Mitt namn är John Ericsson och jag är uppfinnare.
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The John Ericsson-class monitors were a group of five iron-hulled monitors; four were built for the Royal Swedish Navy and one for the Royal Norwegian Navy in the mid to late 1860s. They were designed under the supervision of the Swedish-born inventor, John Ericsson, and built in Sweden.