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TREASURE HUNTING ROBOT-A 1,500 pound diving robot is checked over by diver Al Mikalow (right) and Paul Ilsley, a diving instructor at Mikalow's diving school in Oakland, Calif. Mikalow intents to dive in the robot later this summer in a search for treasure which legend says lies waiting in the Rio de Janiero, which sank …

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Joseph Salim Peress with his "Tritonia" Diving Armour. Extract from Wiki: Joseph Salim Peress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Salim Peress Born 1896, Died June 4, 1978 In 1918 Peress began working for WG Tarrant at Byfleet, United Kingdom, where he was given the space and tools to develop his ideas about constructing an …

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1921-5 – Diving Armor by Joseph Salim Peress. Peress explaining his new armored diving suit at the Shipping Exhibition, at Olympia, London, England. It was manufactured in stainless steel by Staybrite Silver in England. Source: Getty Images Joseph Salim Peress with his new armoured diving suit.  Source: Getty Images In 1921, Joseph Salim Peress filed …

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1897 – Diving Apparatus – John and George Day. Little is known about the Day brothers. It is not currently known if the suit was built. Images from the British patent GB189707105A. Publication number US609418 A Publication date Aug 23, 1898 Filing date Dec 22, 1897 Inventors Day And George Day Be it known that …

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1890 – Crustacean Diving Dress by Col. William Carey. Source: English Mechanic and World of Science – Volume 53, 1891 – Page 351 Col. William Carey, C. B., late R.A., the “crustacean diving dress,” which he has protected by [Great Britain] patents 3083, 4467, and 6494 [6431?] of 1890, in which he shows how the …

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