Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1803, July 31 | Born, Vermland Province, Sweden |
| 1815 | Commissioned to make drawings for the Gota Canal Co. |
| 1815-1820 | Assistant leveler and leveler at various stations of the Gota Canal Co. |
| 1820 | Ensign, 23d Regiment Rifle Corps, Swedish army |
| 1821 | Commissioned second lieutenant |
| 1825-1826 | Constructed a condensing flame engine of ten horsepower |
| 1826 | Went to London, England |
| 1827 | Commissioned captain and later resigned from the Swedish army |
| 1828 | Designed steam fire engine for which he received the gold medal of the Mechanics Institute of New York in 1840 Made the first application to navigation of the principle of condensing steam and returning water to the boiler in the ship Victory Designed self-acting gun lock later applied to wrought iron gun of the Princeton |
| 1829 | Designed and constructed the steam locomotive Novelty |
| 1830 | Introduced "link motion" for reversing locomotive engines |
| 1833 | Introduced the "caloric" engine |
| 1833-1834 | Experimented with submerged propellers |
| 1836 | Invented and patented the screw propeller Married Amelia Byam |
| 1837 | Built steam vessel with two screw propellers |
| 1838 | Constructed the Robert F. Stockton, an iron screw steamer |
| 1839 | Came to the United States |
| 1841 | Furnished designs for the first screw-propelled warship, the Princeton, commissioned in 1844 |
| 1851 | Exhibited inventions at United States division of the World's Fair in London Developed design and plans for the Ericsson, a ship propelled by "caloric" engines, completed in 1853 |
| 1854 | Developed plans for a submerged armored vessel with guns in revolving shot-proof cupola placed centrally on deck |
| 1861 | Built Monitor, an armored ship embodying the features designed in 1854 |
| 1869 | Constructed thirty steam gunboats for the Spanish government |
| 1881 | Devised the Destroyer, a submarine torpedo boat |
| 1883 | Erected "sun motor" which ran on solar energy at New York |
| 1889, Mar. 8 | Died, New York, N.Y. |