FULL FATHOM POINT FIVE: Professor Allen, under three feet of water, demonstrates his Eating and Drinking against every Internal and External Pressure. Left: Holding one of the six dates he ate under the water (a pine-needle floating on the surface can be seen on the right of the Professor's head). Right: Drinking coloured cordial with a tube pushed through the paper cover of the tumbler. His head is near the surface. Before entering the water, Professor Allen tests his own heart with a stethoscope and his waterproof watch. He wears a silk dressing gown bearing his name in Latin, and the insignia of The Nations: "The British Lion, the American Eagle, the Chinese Dragon, and the French Rooster, or Chandelier."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 12
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120FULL FATHOM POINT FIVE: Professor Allen, under three feet of water, demonstrates his Eating and Drinking against every Internal and External Pressure. Left: Holding one of the six dates he ate under the water (a pine-needle floating on the surface can be seen on the right of the Professor's head). Right: Drinking coloured cordial with a tube pushed through the paper cover of the tumbler. His head is near the surface. Before entering the water, Professor Allen tests his own heart with a stethoscope and his waterproof watch. He wears a silk dressing gown bearing his name in Latin, and the insignia of The Nations: "The British Lion, the American Eagle, the Chinese Dragon, and the French Rooster, or Chandelier." New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 12
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