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Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome, books 1-10 (ed. Rev. Canon Roberts) | 20 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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C. Suetonius Tranquillus, The Lives of the Caesars (ed. Alexander Thomson) | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) | 5 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Ellet, Charles, 1810-
Engineer; born in Penn's Manor, Bucks co., Pa., Jan. 1,
Charles Ellet. 1810; planned and built the first wire suspension bridge in the United States, across the Schuylkill at Fairmount; and planned and constructed the first suspension bridge over the Niagara River below the Falls, and other notable bridges.
When the Civil War broke out he turned his attention to the construction of steam rams for the Western
Ellet's stern-wheel ram. rivers, and a plan proposed by him to the Secretary of War (Mr. Stanton) was adopted, and he soon converted ten or twelve powerful steamers on the Mississippi into rams, with which he rendered great assistance in the capture of Memphis.
In the battle there he was struck by a musket-ball in the knee, from the effects of which he died, in Cairo, Ill., June 21, 1862. Mr. Ellet proposed to General McClellan a plan for cutting off the Confederate army at Manassas, which the latter rejected, and the engineer wrote and published
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wernwag , Lewis 1769 -1843 (search)
Wernwag, Lewis 1769-1843
Civil engineer; born in Alteburg, Germany, Dec. 4, 1769; settled in Philadelphia in 1786.
Not long afterwards he constructed a machine for manufacturing whetstones.
He next became a builder of bridges and powermills.
In 1809 he laid the keel of the first United States frigate built in the Philadelphia navy-yard; in 1812 he built a wooden bridge across the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, which became known as the Colossus of Fairmount and which was till that time the longest bridge ever constructed, having a single arch with a span of 340 feet. About 1813, when he settled in Phoenixville, Pa., he began experiments for the purpose of utilizing anthracite coal.
For a time he found it most difficult to ignite it, but later, by closing the furnace doors and making a draft beneath the coal, he succeeded in producing combustion.
Later he invented a stove in which he burned coal in his own home.
He died in Harper's Ferry, Va., Aug. 12, 1843.