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DEATH OP MR. JOHN
, ERICSSON.
Special Cable From Our Correspondent.
LONDON, 9tii March.
Mr. John Ericsson, tho eminent naval
engineer, has died in his 86fch year.
;;Jolin Ericsson was a native of the province of
Nyprmeland, Sweden, and was born in 1803.
iiutering tho navy of his native country as
ensign in 1820, lie remained iu it till 1826, when
hie'ittventivo faculties induced him to go to
Eiigiaml for the purpose of bringing
his "flame engine" before the public. This
proved unsuccessful, but he 'continued in
venting, and first applied tho principle
of artificial draught to tho steam boiler in a
locomotive called the Novelty, which only failed
by au accident to meet the conditions of a prize
for a locomotivo, which was awarded to George
Stephenson. Iu 1859 Mr. Ericsson went to
New York, and ho continued to reside in the
States till his death. In 1841 he built tho war
steamer Princeton, tho first over launched in
which tho propelling machinery was under
water, and in 1852 he constructed the Ericsson,
a steamer fitted with caloric engines. Cis
crowning achievement, however, was the turret
ship Monitor, which, built in 100 days, proved
more than a match for the Confederate ironclad
Merrimac, and led tho way to a complete revo
lution iu the buildiug of modern ships of
warf
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