Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln received a patent for a flotation device for the movement of boats in shallow water

Time: 1849

Place: U.S.

Details: In 1849, Lincoln received a patent for a flotation device for the movement of boats in shallow water. The idea was never commercialized, but it made Lincoln the only president to hold a patent.

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