On a trip in the Norwegian mountains I once saw the rear end of one of these as it disappeared in the woods.
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| Norway - 7 April 2000 |
It was back in the early 1980s when I worked in Stavanger that I saw 'my' Elk.
Staying in Scandinavia I found a Swedish/American inventor whose steam locomotive, The Novelty, was beaten in a Lancashire railway competition in 1829. The winner was George Stevenson's Rocket.
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| Sweden - 9 October 1976 |
John Ericsson (1803-1889) invented the screw propeller for ships. The British Admiralty were uninterested in this, but it was widely adopted by the US Navy.
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6 comments:
Lovely photo of an elk, stunning creatures.
Both interesting. I like that the elk is connected with your memories.
The elk is superb - fantastic that you've seen one in real life.
Really interesting about the designer of the screw propeller.
Ah well, of course a Rocket should beat a Novelty!
Nice front end view of the elk.
lovely elk! Im jealous of your hiking through the Norwegian mountains :)
Never realized that - after the invention of the wheel - screw propellors would have to be invented, too! THank you for sharing this interesting stamp of John Ericsson, who I didn't know before.
It would be interesting to know if he in any way would be (far or close) related to Lars Magnus Ericsson (founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson), who - according to wikipedia - was 43 years younger than John, while the two of them were born in the province Värmland :-) )
I love Elks and this Elk stamp is a beauty - and nice to read about your memories, meeting an Elk in real!
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