1856 – Phillips Submarine Exploring Armor – Lodner Phillips (American)
The Phillips patent is the first known "Armored Diving Suit". There is no evidence yet found that suggests that Phillips actually built his suit, although he did build an earlier submarine. Many features of the design will be seen in similar more successful suits over a half century later. Note the additional manipulators projecting from …
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