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diving bell

noun

  1. a chamber with an open bottom in which persons can go underwater without special apparatus, water being excluded from the upper part by compressed air fed in by a hose.


diving bell

noun

  1. an early diving submersible having an open bottom and being supplied with compressed air
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diving bell1

First recorded in 1655–65
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He said he and the other diver Dave Youasa - who had made it back to the diving bell - could not do anything to help Mr Lemons until the boat was up-and-running again.

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DARHT’s experiments take place within a steel vessel shaped like a diving bell.

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After he reached the continental shelf off the California coast, Mr. Keller slipped through a hatch in the diving bell to plant Swiss and U.S. flags.

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Some species are powdered with tiny structures that create a kind of diving bell, so they can bubble themselves with air and keep breathing in a flood.

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While some readers may struggle to stay afloat in this sea of glinting references and wandering currents, others will be happy to join Hoare in his diving bell to revelation.

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