ERICSSON, John. Contributions to the Centennial Exhibition, New York: for the author, 1876, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait and 67 wood-engraved plates (some dampstaining to plate margins, occasional marginal soiling), contemporary black leather (rubbed, upper cover detached), g.e.

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ERICSSON, John. Contributions to the Centennial Exhibition, New York: for the author, 1876, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait and 67 wood-engraved plates (some dampstaining to plate margins, occasional marginal soiling), contemporary black leather (rubbed, upper cover detached), g.e.

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Francis Pettit Smith (1808-74) and John Ericsson (1803-89) worked separately to produce the world's first practical screw-driven vessels. The latter was so outraged by the omission of his many inventions from the Centennial Exhibition, that he produced this record of his own "contributions" as an adjunct to it.

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