23 2 63 37 29,52 | 29,58 52 30,04 29,95 56 36 29,69 29,53,0125 19 69 48 30,05 30,01,0125 4 59 39 29,85 29,78,075 20 69 50 29,98 29,87 39 29,96 29,84 67 39 29,99 29,97 61 41 30,07 30,02 35 50,19 30,12 31 30,21 Staty. 18 1234 42 29,86 29,76 43 29,76 29,60 61 39 29,68 29,42,15 39 29,25 29,09,15 40 29,50 29,23,05 33 29,87 29,50,0123 29 29,94 29,89 29 30,00 29,94 Edmonton. CHARLES HENRY ADAMS. Latitude 510 37 32 N. Longitude 3 51 West of Greenwich, THE London JOURNAL AND REPERTORY OF Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures. CONJOINED SERIES. No. LXVIII. To JOHN BETHELL, of Mecklenburgh-square, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for his invention of certain improvements in apparatus for diving and working under water, and inspecting from above, objects which are beneath the surface of the water.-[Sealed 31st January, 1835.] THIS invention is described as consisting, first, in several improvements in the diving apparatus or helmet and dress worn by the diver, and the mode of steadying him and the baskets or buckets used to bring up articles from below, against the action of the tide or current; secondly, in the mode or method of enabling the divers to converse with each other, and with the persons in the attendant boats or vessels above; thirdly, in protecting the divers or pearl fishers from sharks or other fish of prey; fourthly, in suspending the divers in cages or on VOL. XI. K |