Ship Design
On September 26, 1854 Ericsson presented Napoleon III of France with drawings of iron-clad armored battle ships with a dome-shaped gun tower, and even though the French emperor praised this invention, he did nothing to bring it to practical application.
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Famous quotes containing the words ship and/or design:
“Have you built your ship of death, O have you?
O build your ship of death, for you will need it.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“You can make as good a design out of an American turkey as a Japanese out of his native stork.”
—For the State of Illinois, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)