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Description: | Large Bell-shaped glass vessel (c. 1730-40), to demonstrate the Diving Bell. At the top is a brass tap to control air pressure, round the middle is a brass band with hooks from which are suspended 13 lead balls to regulate the weight [see Desaguliers, Experimental Philosophy, 1744, p.212, pl.XX, fig.2] | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | demonstration (diving bell) | Temporal: | 1730-1740 | Source: | Science Museum | Identifier: | 1993-1314 | Go to resource |
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