Joseph Francis
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Joseph Francis
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Joseph Francis was a 19th-century American inventor who devoted his life to improving maritime equipment, especially life-saving tools. His most famous invention, the metallic life-car, rescued thousands of stranded passengers and crew from shipwrecks near the shore. Francis was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and started building boats early in life. He won his first prize in a public competition at age eighteen. As an adult, he worked for the U.S. Government, building life boats for war ships.
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American boat builder and inventor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Francis
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2023-02-26T02:21:25Z
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