Ericsson was the inventor of the propeller ... The first inventor of the screw propeller in America, was Col. John Stevens, of Hoboken, the father of Ro-beitL. Stevens, of thiscity.

In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and became one of the first builders of locomotives. Despite large debts, he invents the propeller.