John Ericsson was a Swedish-American inventor. He was active in England and the United States.
John Ericsson
John Ericsson
Novelty, Braithwaite and Ericsson's entry for the Rainhill Trials. Illustration from The Mechanics Magazine, 1829.
German drawing (1833) of the steam locomotive Wilhelm IV with scale in feet, built by "Braithwaite und Ericsson".
Novelty was an early steam locomotive built by John Ericsson and John Braithwaite to take part in the Rainhill Trials in 1829.
Contemporary drawing of Novelty
Replica of the Novelty in the Transport Museum in Nuremberg during the exhibition "Adler, Rocket and Co."
Section through the boiler, firebox to the right
Cylinder on replica of Novelty