Object Details
- patentee
- Ericsson, John
- Ericsson, John
- Description (Brief)
- Ericsson’s improvement in the construction of ordnance was one of many inventive achievements, including the design for the battleship U.S.S. Monitor during the American Civil War. In 1863 he was granted a patent for this improved gun carriage. It allowed the cannon to recoil backward in its tracks when fired and was made to be worked by fewer hands within a confined space such as a gun turret.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1864
- ID Number
- AF.252590
- catalog number
- 252590
- accession number
- 49064
- patent number
- 41208
- Object Name
- cannon
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- cannon; Firearms
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19.5 cm x 21 cm x 30 cm; 7 11/16 in x 8 9/32 in x 11 13/16 in
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Invention and the Patent Model
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_440348
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-6138-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
