Philip Hichborn: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Birth	4 Mar 1839	Charlestown, Suffolk Co, Ma
Gender	Male
Person ID	I17886	Owings Stone Genealogy, Ancestry & Heritage
Last Modified	29 Apr 2007 00:00:00

Father	Philip Hichborn, b. 19 Nov 1805
Mother	Martha Gould, b. 12 Jul 1808
Family ID	F11829	Group Sheet

Notes	Among his inventions is the Franklin life-buoy, which was adopted generally in the United States and other navies of the world. He was elected a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers of America. His article "Sheathed and Unsheathed Ships," published in the Proceedings of the Naval Institute, April, 1890, was widely Copied and commented on; and in 1898 the necessity of his plan for sheathing ships was demonstrated in the war with Spain. After which all vessels authorized by congress Were required by law to be sheathed and coppered. famous inventor [1]

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