Metal Diving Suit Developed (Aug, 1938)
Filed under: Origins — @ 8:46 am
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1938
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1938
| Buy on Ebay
Isn’t this from Innerspace?
Metal Diving Suit Developed
FITTED with ball bearing knuckle joints, which provide mobility for the wearer, a new all-metal diving suit is said to enable a diver to descend to a depth of 1,200 feet. The suit eliminates the need for air lines, having a specially designed built-in air tank. Hand-operated grappling irons are a feature of the suit.
Sure looks a LOT like this recent one:
http://www.mediacen.navy.mil/p.....0/pg14.htm
Comment by Stannous — June 28, 2007 @ 2:50 pm
More like this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082398/
Or this:(Skip down to “Jim” diving suit.)
http://www.panos.gr/mkkbb/magazine/81acm12.shtml
Comment by jayessell — June 28, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
[...] distributing lawn santas to neighborhood children, and I think I was wearing one of those big metal diving suits with the air hose out the top. Jeff was sitting at the kitchen table and when I clanked up behind [...]
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