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Excerpt from The Life of John Ericsson, Vol. 1
IT was the declared Wish of John Ericsson that I should tell the story of his life. The executors of his estate, Messrs. George H. Robinson and Cornelius S. Bushnell, have accordingly placed ln my hands all of his letters and papers. His life-long friend, Mr. John O. Sargent, has freely opened to me the letters received from Captain Ericsson during fifty years of intimate intercourse and has given me the benefit of his recol lections of the great engineer. The associates of Cap tain Ericsson in his office work, Mr. Samuel W. Taylor and Mr. Valdemar F. Lassoe, have also rendered me valuable assistance. To all of these gentlemen my thanks are due. While the task of sifting the volu minous correspondence and collecting the necessary facts has not been a light one, it has brought full com pensation in the study of a great intellect and a gen erous heart.
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IT was the declared Wish of John Ericsson that I should tell the story of his life. The executors of his estate, Messrs. George H. Robinson and Cornelius S. Bushnell, have accordingly placed ln my hands all of his letters and papers. His life-long friend, Mr. John O. Sargent, has freely opened to me the letters received from Captain Ericsson during fifty years of intimate intercourse and has given me the benefit of his recol lections of the great engineer. The associates of Cap tain Ericsson in his office work, Mr. Samuel W. Taylor and Mr. Valdemar F. Lassoe, have also rendered me valuable assistance. To all of these gentlemen my thanks are due. While the task of sifting the volu minous correspondence and collecting the necessary facts has not been a light one, it has brought full com pensation in the study of a great intellect and a gen erous heart.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author(s) - William Conant Church
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ISBN - 9780365468370
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 327
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