diving dress
Example Sentences
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He was put down in a diving dress in about eight feet of water, where he bubbled and struggled about in great style.
From Three Elephant Power and Other Stories by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
A child, with a few hours to think it over, could have seen the connection between my diving dress and the loss of the Ocean Pioneer.
From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
A diving dress and equipment weighs about l75 lb, including a 40 lb lead weight carried by the diver on his chest, a similar weight on his back, and l6lb of lead on each boot.
From The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns by Adams, Henry C.
He had slipped into his diving dress and was at the moment adjusting the breastplates of lead, weighing twenty-five pounds each, to his chest and back.
From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
He could even wear a diving dress if one could be found to suit him.”
From The Sea Lady by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
