Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 217
ets with resistance, such as the sidesof a ship. To Ericssons great disappointment,the United States Government persistently re-fused to purchase the Destroyer or to commis-sion Ericsson to build more vessels of her type. Of Ericssons home life there is not much tobe told. He was utterly wrapped up… … n JNFmiBU SCALflf££T Development of the Monitor Idea. abrupt and somewhat peculiar, apparently re-garding all other talk than that relating to me-chanics and germane subjects as a waste ofwords. His shrewd face, with its blue eyes and JOHN ERICSSON 205 fringe of white hair, was not an unkindly…
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