Diving bell to visit the 'Royal George'

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Diving bell to visit the 'Royal George'
The London Chronicle 7th September 1782, extract from a letter with a description of the diving-bell intended to go down to the 'Royal George': "..In the top is fixed a cock to let out the air, and a strong pane of glass,to afford light to divers..."
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拍品专文

The 'Royal George' sank at anchor at Spithead; in order to effect hull repairs her cannons had been run to port so the hull would list. Unfortunately this, combined with the stores being loaded and being crowded with many visitors, dipped the sills of the lower ports under water and she sank quickly with the loss of about nine hundred lives