Diving Suit Is An Old Invention
Most people would declare that the diving suit is a modern invention, but here are particulars of a patent granted to .John Stapleton in 1693. A new engine so by him contrived as to permit a person enclosed in it to walk under water, and of a newly-invented way to force air into any depth of water to supply the person in the said engine therewith and for continuing a lamp burning under water; also a way .to purify the air so as to make the same serviceable for respiration.”
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 40, 12 January 1949, Page 6
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96Diving Suit Is An Old Invention Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 40, 12 January 1949, Page 6
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