Samuel Ward Francis (December 26, 1835 – March 25, 1886) was an American writer, inventor, and physician from New York. Among his
invention
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept. If an i ...
s was an early
typewriter and the
spork.
Bibliography
* ''Inside Out, a Curious Book by a Singular Man''
* ''Life and Death'' (1870)
References
1835 births
1886 deaths
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