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Inventors Weekly

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Tuesday, May 16, 1882

Vol XCIII, No. 311

Who Was Maria Beasley?

Maria Beasley and Newly Patented Life Raft

  • 1847-1904?
  • Possibly lived in Pennsylvania
  • 15 patents for inventions
  • Made $20,000 off of a barrel making machine
  • Most women during this time made $3 a day

The Life Raft 1874

More About

Maria Beasley

  • 1882
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1884, exhibited inventions at Cotton Centennial Exposition

"I want a fire-proof, compact, safe, and readily-launched when needed."

-Maria Beasley about her life raft

I do not remember just exactly how many lives were lost or how many were saved, but all that were saved were saved on life rafts.

Different Types of Life Raft

Coastal life raft

  • short term emergency use
  • cheap, convenient
  • canopy and shield

Ocean life raft

  • long term survival (30 days)
  • canopies, survival gear, warm floors

Offshore life raft

  • bad climates
  • don't capsize easily
  • buoyancy tubes to keep afloat

Life Raft or Life Boat?

Why have a life raft?

The differences

Safety is important

http://www.slideshare.net/PatCabangis09/liferafts-versus-lifeboats

Life Boat:

  • Large, open
  • Engine and hull, heavy
  • Stored on boats, on deck
  • Some have oars and supplies

Life raft:

  • compact, storage
  • inflatable
  • some provide safety (ocean and offshore life rafts)
  • Food and shelter are provided
  • Unsinkable
  • Developed from Beasley's design to present day design over ~100 years
  • Small, compact
  • Inflates to a large raft
  • Resources inside

All is Lost

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