Tag: Chester E. Macduffee

Essentially an armored glove, converting the operator's hand into a pair of pliers. Publication number    US1198611 A Publication type    Grant Publication date    Sep 19, 1916 Filing date    Feb 11, 1916 Priority date    Feb 11, 1916 Inventors    William S Boyd Original Assignee    William S Boyd This invention relates to submarine armor for the use of divers, …

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1910 – Submarine Armor by Chester E. Macduffee. In Popular Mechanics Magazine, November 1914 it was reported that the new armored diving suit went down to a depth of 212 ft. in Long Island Sound, establishing a new American record for deep-sea diving. Above images: Scientific American, 22 August, 1914. The left hand is an …

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