- Title:
- First closed diving helmet and breastplate
- Object name(s):
- diving equipment; helmet; diving equipment; helmet
- Brief description:
- First closed diving helmet and breastplate, as developed by Augustus Siebe, England, 1839, from an earlier design by George Edwards. For use with closed diving dress, based on suggestions by John Deane.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- water transport
- Associated concept:
- helmet
- Credit line:
- William Augustus Gorman
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 16 7/16
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 417
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 18 5/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 465
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- kg
- Dimension value:
- 11.5
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- lbs
- Dimension value:
- 25.35329
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 18 1/8
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 460
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 14 15/16
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 380
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 17 11/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 450
- Material:
- leather
- Material:
- asbestos
- Material:
- glass
- Material:
- copper (alloy)
- Object name:
- diving equipment; helmet; diving equipment; helmet
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1839
- Date - latest:
- 1839
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1839
- Date - latest:
- 1839
- Object production person:
- Siebe, Augustus; Deane, John; Edwards, George
- Object production place:
- England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1881-47
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- N1543
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Protective Clothing
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e6523ab0-0534-31c2-a0ad-93e089e1f709
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e6523ab0-0534-31c2-a0ad-93e089e1f709, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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