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About Joseph Francis
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.
Everything about Joseph Francis →- Occupation
- inventor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 12, 1801
- Died
- May 10, 1893