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Early experimental French diving suit, ~1882 AD (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

What was the idea of making it out of metal? Edit: I mean why cover whole body instead of just the head

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

What was the idea of making it out of metal?

What material options do you think they had at the time?

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