Design for a diving bell Product:Postcard Ian Wright

Ian Wright

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Design for a diving bell Product:Postcard Ian WrightUnpublished plate from a paper on the art of diving by Anthony Fothergill FRS (1737 1813) and Granville Sharp. Submitted to Dr William Watson for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, but not printed. The scheme shows an upturned boat with a single passenger. The boat is held in a wooden frame and a weighted rope is passed through its keel. By operating a pulley system, the diver supposedly can raise and lower the