Eugen Ransonnet-Villez · The Medicine Chest

Title

Eugen Ransonnet-Villez

Is Part Of

Marine and Antarctic Research Centre for Innovation and Sustainability See all items with this value

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Description

"Measuring three feet high by two and half wide and deep, this submersible, of sheet iron and inch-thick glass, had the user's legs sticking out of the bottom so that he could propel himself along the seabed at a depth of five meters or so. It was weighed down by cannonballs, and with air pumped in, the diving bell allowed him to descend for sessions of up to three hours" (The Public Domain Review 2021).

Curriculum

The Memory of Water See all items with this value

url

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108743#page/22/mode/1up

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/underwater-landscapes-of-eugen-von-ransonnet-villez

Date Created

1838

endDate

1926

Source

Ransonnet-Villez, E. 1867. Sketches of the inhabitants, animal life and vegetation in the lowlands and high mountains of Ceylon, as well as the submarine scenery near the coast, taken in a diving bell. Vienna: Printed for the author by Gerold.