Exhibit of the Month
EXHIBIT OF THE MONTH
Adjustable Buoyancy Life Jacket (ABLJ) Modern sports divers wear a Buoyancy Compensator Device (BCD) that holds the cylinder on the diver's back and allows the diver to trim his/her buoyancy so as to be totally neutral (ie. they neither rise nor sink down). The...
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Single cylinder booster pump
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JIM suit – an atmospheric diving suit (that is, the pressure inside the suit is maintained at one atmosphere)
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The Hall Rees shallow water diving helmet c. 1920
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Bend-o-matic computer
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Cox's Bolt Gun.This formidable piece of salvage gear could shoot a bolt clean through sheet steel one inch thick using an explosive charge! The gun itself weighs 16 kg (36 pounds) and was usually lowered to the diver on a rope or chain.Before it was...
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Edinburgh’s Gold.In 1942 HMS Edinburgh was returning to the UK from Russia laden with gold bullion - payment to the Allies for supplies during World War 2. The convoy in which she was travelling was attacked. HMS Edinburgh was damaged and eventually...
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Underwater navigation for Navy Frogmen in the 1950s and 60s.
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Almost everything in James Bond films can be made work or already exists in a similar form but NOT the infamous tiny twinset used by Sean Connery in 'Thunderball'. The 7.5 gram sparklet cylinders have an internal volume of 10 ml filled to 5.7 bar with...
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Would you be brave enough to don this suit and ride an underwater “chariot” towards the enemy? Only when you got close to the target would you close the faceplate and then dive your chariot to clamp your explosive warhead to the enemy ship. To get into the...
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Russian IDA-64 rebreather mask from the 1960s. How do you stop your mask from misting up underwater? Different diving organisations and instructors have various remedies such as wiping saliva round the inside of the mask and then rinsing it in sea water or...
