Maria Beasley Invented A Life Raft And Lots Of Other Hugely Useful Things

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

Today in 1882 inventor Maria Beasley received the patent for what's probably her most well-known invention, a collapsible life raft. But Beasley was one of those inventors who came up with idea after idea in a bunch of fields, so there's lots more to her story. Plus: starting tomorrow in Nixa, Missouri, it’s Nixa Sucker Days. Maria Beasley: Engineering dynamo (Go! Magazine via Iowa State University Institute for Transportation) NIXA SUCKER DAYS Let’s invent more episodes of the show with help from our backers on Patreon

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