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Diving bell with two divers on board, circa 1820. An improved version of Edmond Halley's diving bell, this hermetically sealed diving chamber was supplied by air through a copper pipe from the surface. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823.

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Diving bell with two divers on board, circa 1820. An improved version of Edmond Halley's diving bell, this hermetically sealed diving chamber was supplied by air through a copper pipe from the surface. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823.

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Album / Florilegius

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Image size:

4764 x 5916 px | 80.6 MB

Print size:

40.3 x 50.1 cm | 15.9 x 19.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AIR • BILDERBUCH FUR KINDER • COPPERPLATE • DIVING BELL • DIVING CHAMBER • EDMOND HALLEY • EDUCATIONAL • ENCYCLOPEDIA • ENGINEER • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FRIEDRICH JOHANN BERTUCH • HALLEY'S DIVING BELL • HANDCOLOURED • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN • PIPE (TOBACCO) • PRINT