Ericsson Ship
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Ericsson Ship
Bibliographic Citation
Caloric Ship Ericsson, burthen 2200 tons, Built for John B. Kitching & Associates, A. B. Lowber, Commander Print. The Ericsson was built to test Captain John Ericsson’s theory of a ship driven by hot air instead of steam. The idea proved a failure and she was given an ordinary steam engine. Courtesy of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.