Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 193
d by a pine forest, where Ericssons fatherwas engaged in selecting timber for the lock-gates of a canal. A quill and a pencil were theboys tools in the way of drawing materials. Hemade compasses of birch wood. A pair of steeltweezers were converted into a drawing-pen.Ericsson had never seen a… … rti ^ JOHN ERICSSON ISl and executed under such circumstances by amere boy, attracted the attention of CountPlaten, president of the Gotha Ship Canal, onwhich Ericssons father was employed, and whenEricsson was twelve years old he was madea member of the surveying party carrying outthe canal work…
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