Who invented the diving suit?

Answer 1

1823 Charles Anthony Deane, an English inventor, patents a "smoke helmet" for fighting fires. At some point in the next few years it is used as a diving helmet as well. The helmet fits over a man's head and is held on with weights; air is supplied from the surface through a hose. In 1828 Charles and his brother John Deane market the helmet with a "diving suit." The suit is not attached to the diving helmet but only secured with straps; thus the diver cannot bend over without risking drowning. Even so, the apparatus is used successfully in salvage work, including the removal of some canon from the Royal George in 1834-35

Answer 2

Sir Edmond Halley in l7l7. These would have been bell-shaped unlike modern Bells which are often cylindrical, like the Coney Island jobs. on the count of three- Blow Negative! ( a feature not found on Sir Edmund"s bells.) Yes this is the astronomer of Comet fame.

Answer 3

Its use was first described by Aristotle in the 4th century BC. Guglielmo de Lorena created and used what is considered to be the first modern diving bell.

Answer 4

Sir Edmund Halley- yes the astronomer, came up with a practical diving bell in the year l7l7.