a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
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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Publication number US1370590 A Publication type Grant Publication date Mar 8, 1921 Filing date Dec 2, 1918 Priority date Dec 2, 1918 Inventors Josef Kamieniecki Original Assignee Josef Kamieniecki This invention relates to submarine or diving armor, and more particularly to a metal sectional armor of this type which by reason ot its strength and …
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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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1902-7 – "Iron Man" Diving Apparatus by Capt. Enos B. Petrie and Joseph E. Martin. It is diver O. E. Gaudy (Gandy?) inside the suit who set the new diving record at the time. Source: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug 23, 1907. Petrie's diving armor is similar to Macduffee's Armor of 1910. Publication number US711342 …
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The 1931 version of Harry L. Bowdoin's Submarine Armor. When inside his suit Mr. Bowdoin through the manipulation of gears and levers, can move his arms, legs and body freely to almost any angle and with clawed hands, so constructed as to record sensitivity, he can pick up even very small objects. 1928 – Submarine …
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