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- GLC#
- GLC02480.05
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 April 1858
- Author/Creator
- Ericsson, John, 1803-1889
- Title
- to unknown
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Written by Ericsson as the pioneering naval engineer and inventor to an unknown recipient. Says he has enclosed Mr. Stimpson's letter relative to the broken exhaust valve stem (not included). Says he included it to "show what a capital fellow he is." References an innovation Stimpson made involving a nut and a screw in an engine. Ericsson drew a small picture of the design in the middle of the letter.
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