a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
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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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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