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Diving Machines (Diving 14)
Hand-coloured. A hand-coloured diagram of diving bells and suits. Diving bells are the helmets worn by divers. They do not let the water in, as the air becomes trapped inside them. Early bells included cauldrons and buckets.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAG8305 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wilkes, J.; Pass, J. |
| Date made: | 10 Apr 1803 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Primary support: 270 mm x 204 mm |