1) Aid for going deep 2) Device used in marine salvage 3) Diving support equipment 4) Relative of a bathysphere 5) Underwater search vessel 6) Vessel for underwater work
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A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers to depth in the ocean. The most common types are the wet bell and the closed bell. The wet bell is a cable-suspended chamber, open at the bottom like a moon pool structure, that is lowered underwater to operate as a base or a means of transport for a small number of divers. The pressure of ...
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Diving bells (dive bells) are described in Italy already in the 1530s. In the 17th century divers worked in very large bells. In the top was an air pocket, and below was free workspace towards the wreck. Around 1650 several of the Vasa guns were salvaged by the diver Hans Albreckt von Treileben. In the 1690s the concept was improved by Edmond Halle...
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small diving apparatus that is used to transport divers between the seafloor or lower depths and the surface. Early bells consisted of a container ... [1 related articles]
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[
n] - diving apparatus for underwater work
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noun diving apparatus for underwater work; has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air
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a chamber with an open bottom in which persons can go underwater without special apparatus, water being excluded from the upper part by compressed air fed in by a hose.
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