ERICSSON JOHN Autograph Letter Signed J Ericsson commenting

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ERICSSON, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, "J. Ericsson," commenting on the Barrows Engine, which is "by no means as good as hundreds that have preceded it and will, in the lowest calculation, consume three times as much fuel to do the same work as a perfect reciprocating engine . . ." 1 page, single 4to sheet; folds, toning along top edge, faint dampstaining along right edge verso, minor soiling. Np, 15 January 1859

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Ericsson (1803-1889) was a Swedish-born mechanical engineer and inventor interested in engines and mechanisms based on steam. His designs lost out to the Stephensons in a steam engine competition for the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad. He later moved on to ship design and now is best known as the designer of the ironclad USS Monitor.