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Definition of Diving bell

Diving bell
Diving Div"ing, a. That dives or is used or diving. Diving beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family Dytiscid[ae], which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger. Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine. Diving stone, a kind of jasper.

Meaning of Diving bell from wikipedia

- A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, usually for the purpose of performing underwater...
- The diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only species of spider known to live almost entirely under water. It is the only member...
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (French: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) is a 2007 biographical drama film directed by Julian Schnabel and written by...
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (original French title: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) is a memoir by journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby. It describes his...
- four divers were in a diving chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short p****age) to a diving bell. The divers were Edwin...
- from the s**** or from a diving support vessel, sometimes indirectly via a diving bell. This is different from scuba diving, where the diver's breathing...
- Saturation diving is an ambient pressure diving technique which allows a diver to remain at working depth for extended periods during which the body tissues...
- consists of compartments operating under the same principles as diving bells and diving chambers, but placed in a fixed position on the sea floor for long-term...
- A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects. Basic requirements are the ability to keep station...
- routine dive in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, the diving bell of the diving support vessel MS Wildrake became separated from its main lift...