Object Details
- 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- patentee
- Ericsson, John
- maker
- Ericsson, John
- date made
- 1864
- 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
- Object Name
- cannon
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- cannon; Firearms
