The Metal Life Car
George Buker
The University of Alabama Press, 2008
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Joseph Francis was the inventor of metal lifeboats. While Francis was busy in Europe, Captain Douglass Ottinger, US Revenue Marine Service, claimed to be the inventor of Francis' life car and obtained support in the US Congress and the Patent Office for his claim. Francis had to battle for decades to prove his rights.
- ISBN-13
- 9780817316082
- ISBN-10
- 0817316086
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Year
- 2008
- Publication date
- 2008-04-30
- Pages
- 192
- Dimensions
- 229x161x20
- Weight
- 460