diving bell
noun
: a diving apparatus consisting of a container open only at the bottom and supplied with compressed air by a hose
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Rudimentary forms of submarines and diving bells were envisioned as far back as the 16th century.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025
Consider the diving bell spider, Argyroneta aquatica, an overachieving arachnid that is the only one known to do it all under water: breathe, hunt, dine on insects and their larvae, and make spiderlings.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
The Submarine Rescue Chamber, or SRC, is a small diving bell operated by the Undersea Rescue Command and stationed at Naval Station North Island, California.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
In 1535, Italian inventor Guglielmo de Lorena and his partner Francesco de Marchi returned to the wrecks with a new and exciting technology: a diving bell.
—Paul Cooper, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2018
Hannes Keller, a Swiss deep-sea explorer who survived a record descent to more than 1,000 feet in a diving bell during a 1962 expedition that helped open new frontiers in ocean research but claimed two lives in the process, died Dec. 1 at his home in Niederglatt, Switzerland.
—Phil Davison, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2022
The diving bell spider is the only member of its group to spend its entire life underwater.
—Discover Magazine, 8 June 2011
When the film opens, a distressed diving bell descends into the ruins of a city.
—Karen Idelson, Variety, 22 June 2022
Scientists have measured oxygen diffusing into the diving bell and carbon dioxide diffusing out to facilitate a spider’s breathing.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025
Consider the diving bell spider, Argyroneta aquatica, an overachieving arachnid that is the only one known to do it all under water: breathe, hunt, dine on insects and their larvae, and make spiderlings.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
The Submarine Rescue Chamber, or SRC, is a small diving bell operated by the Undersea Rescue Command and stationed at Naval Station North Island, California.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
In 1535, Italian inventor Guglielmo de Lorena and his partner Francesco de Marchi returned to the wrecks with a new and exciting technology: a diving bell.
—Paul Cooper, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2018
Hannes Keller, a Swiss deep-sea explorer who survived a record descent to more than 1,000 feet in a diving bell during a 1962 expedition that helped open new frontiers in ocean research but claimed two lives in the process, died Dec. 1 at his home in Niederglatt, Switzerland.
—Phil Davison, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2022
The diving bell spider is the only member of its group to spend its entire life underwater.
—Discover Magazine, 8 June 2011
When the film opens, a distressed diving bell descends into the ruins of a city.
—Karen Idelson, Variety, 22 June 2022
Scientists have measured oxygen diffusing into the diving bell and carbon dioxide diffusing out to facilitate a spider’s breathing.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
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“Diving bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diving%20bell. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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