a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
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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1905 – Diving Dress – M. de Pluvy. L'EXPRESS DU MIDI 14 April 1905, a French newspaper, mentions M. De Pluvy's diving dress, hence giving it an earlier date of 1905 rather than Scientific American's 1906 date. The Helmet was subject to a French patent, No. 361910 filed in 1905. Source: Scientific American December 1906 …
In 1906 the Swedish weekly Hvar 8 Dag published this photograph of an interesting diving apparatus, designed by the Italian inventor Giuseppe Restucci. This is how the weekly described the apparatus: "The arms are artificial, and are operated from the inside by the diver. There is an electric lantern on the helmet.Very heavy objects can be …
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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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