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Plate: Francis's Patent Metallic Life Cars Science Museum Group © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
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A plate. Perhaps from a Congressional Record Volume, depicting Joseph Francis (1801-93). Life boat - showing various details of the design, the launching mechanism and a vignette of the use c1850