First closed diving helmet and breastplate
- patentee:
- Augustus Siebe and
- Augustus Siebe and
- designer:
- John Deane
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First closed diving helmet and breastplate, as developed by Augustus Siebe, England, 1839, from an earlier design by from an design by George Edwards. For use with closed diving dress, based on suggestions by John Deane.
Diving helmet made by Augustus Siebe, 1839. For use with closed diving dress, based on suggestions by John Deane
Details
- Category:
- Protective Clothing
- Object Number:
- 1881-47
- Materials:
- asbestos, copper (alloy), glass and leather
- type:
- helmet
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- costume
- credit:
- William Augustus Gorman
