An old engraving showing various methods of underwater exploration It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The illustration shows various apparatus being used, including a diving bell (left) and diving suits and early aqualungs. The occupants of the suits shown are being fed air via pumping from a boat above through a pipeline or wearing a self-contained air barrel or cylinder. The view illustrated is off the coast of Gibraltar.
An old engraving showing various methods of underwater exploration It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The illustration shows various apparatus being used, including a diving bell (left) and diving suits and early aqualungs. The occupants of the suits shown are being fed air via pumping from a boat above through a pipeline or wearing a self-contained air barrel or cylinder. The view illustrated is off the coast of Gibraltar.
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