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1880 – Armored Diving Suit by Stephen P. M. Tasker. An interesting pose for a patent drawing. Anyone wanting a Mechanical Man costume would be inspired by this.  Diving Apparatus Publication number US236858 A Publication type Grant Publication date Jan 18, 1881 Filing date Jun 21, 1880 Inventors Stephen P. M. Tasker Heretofore in …
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Caption: Walters suspended from ship's derrick and about to be lowered into the deep with the aid of a helper. "Marine Scarecrow" Wins Fortune From Sea Floor VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 18.-Frank Walters, "Marine Scarecrow," makes his living on the bottom of the sea. And it's a good living, too, because Walters, a professional …
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1919 – Diver's Armored Suit by Victor Campos. Rendering by Jason Clark. Diver's suit Publication number US1414174 A Publication type Grant Publication date Apr 25, 1922 Filing date Jul 17, 1919 Priority date Jul 17, 1919 Inventors Victor Campos Original Assignee Victor Campos 1. A diver's suit of a non-flexible pressure resisting material having members …
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The 1917 version of the Leavitt deep-sea suit. Publication number US1327679 A Publication type Grant Publication date Jan 13, 1920 Filing date Jan 15, 1917 Priority date Jan 15, 1917 Inventors Leavitt Benjamin F Original Assignee Leavitt Diving Armor Company The invention relates to improvements in diving apparatus and its object is to provide a …
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Submarine Armor invented by Charles H. Jackson achieved a depth of 360 feet in December 1919 with Frank Turner as the diver. Deep Sea Suits and Diving Records Source: Scientific American (January 1920) There appears to be no little rivalry of late in the matter of diving suits and deep sea diving records. And why …
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