Diving Bell

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The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom

Sketched depiction of Edmond Halley's diving bell in use, a piece of apparatus which allowed its user to breathe under water. Shows a figure dressed in a leather suit, glass helmet, carrying a light and hooked up to the bell's air supply. Appears on the back of rough minutes of a Royal Society meeting on 6 April 1692.

Edmond Halley (1656-1742), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678.

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Title: Diving Bell
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 1692
Publisher: The Royal Society, 2021
External Link: To license this image please visit the Royal Society Picture Library

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