A 19th Century illustration of divers working underwater in standard diving dress. In the 1830s, Augustus Siebe (1788-1872), a German-born British engineer produced a helmet fitted to a full length watertight canvas diving suit, a design that gave rise to the typical standard diving dress which revolutionised underwater civil engineering, underwater salvage, commercial diving and naval diving. The watertight suit allowed divers to wear layers of dry clothing underneath to suit the water temperature.

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Size: 3210px × 4455px
Location: Worldwide Underwater
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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