About Loring Coes
Lived 1812 – 1906 (aged 94). Loring Coes was an American politician.
Loring Coes (April 22, 1812 – July 13, 1906) was an American inventor, industrialist and Republican politician who invented the screw type wrench, commonly known as the monkey wrench and who served as a member of the Worcester, Massachusetts City Council and Board of Aldermen, and as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1864–1865.
Early life Coes was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on April 22, 1812.
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Who was Loring Coes?
American inventor and politician
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Loring Coes was born on 22 April 1812 in Worcester.
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Loring Coes died on 13 July 1906 in Worcester.
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Loring Coes was a politician.
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Loring Coes was American.
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