Under Water Collection (#2)

Underwater Laboratory
Physicist Brian Ray, testing the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere in Sealab II, Britains first permanent underwater laboratory, 30 feet beneath the waves off Plymouth Date: 1960s

Cabirols Diving Suit
Cabirols diving suit combines effective protection with considerable ease of movement, the two basic requirements for working underwater. Date: 1856

City Beneath Pacific
THe Green Girl (Jack Williamson) - reaching the city beneath the Pacific Ocean. Date: 1930

Underwater Explorer
The underwater explorer of de Collange and Jobard solves the problem of air supply, but at the cost of manoeuvrability - the air pipe would need to be flexible and extensible. Date: 1855

Diving Bell (Card)
A twentieth century bell used for underwater repair work and investigation. Date: 1915

A fish
A river fish underwater

Met Police Thames Division
A diver of the Underwater Search Unit of the Metropolitan Police boarding a Thames Division launch after searching in the River Thames, London

The Search for M2
The Royal Navys new deep-sea observation chamber, invented by Robert H Davis of Siebe, Gorman & Co. the inventor of submarine life-saving apparatus

Abstract view of an underground cavern
An abstract view of an underground cavern in a surreal style. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Abstract painting featuring see-through fish
An abstract painting by Raymond Sheppard of an alien, almost lunar (yet brightly coloured) underwater landscape, with a long school of see-through fish weaving between unusual stalactite

The old Mosque at Ephesus under flood water
The old Mosque and old Ottoman Graveyard at Ephesus under flood water

Ada-Kaleh - fortified Turkish Island
The fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh, now underwater. Situated on the Danube - submerged in 1970 due to the building of a hydro-electric station. Three kilometres from Orsoza

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

Murder Down Below
Still waters ran deep....deep enough to hide a killer. Illustration by pin up artist, David Wright of a woman, looking not at all suspicious, with a stole slipping seductively from her shoulders

Ada-Kaleh - Bego Mustaffa
Bego Mustaffa - almost certainly the ruler and headman of the fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh (1895 - 1900). The town is now underwater

Ada-Kaleh, The Mosque
Ada-Kaleh - The Mosque. The fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh, now underwater. Situated on the Danube - submerged in 1970 due to the building of a hydro-electric station

Tom and the Fairy
Tom is told off by Ellie for poking a crab

Down to the Sea
Tom sees three little girls swimming with fish under the water

Ferry at Kantara, Suez Canal, Egypt, 1875
Engraving of the small rope ferry at Kantara, crossing the Suez Canal with several passengers, two camels and a donkey. The ferry was operated by means of an underwater rope

Kingsey. Water Babies
Toms shy encounter with a female water baby

Diving Suit Struggle
A German underwater photographer struggles to get into his rubber diving suit, with a little help from his friends. Date: 1930s

British M. 1 Submarine
With its enormous forward gun and a sizeable one aft, the M.1 seems better suited to surface combat than to underwater operations

Richardsons Swim Device
Richardsons swimming device allows one to sally forth by pedalling a propellor underwater

Steel Caisson
A steel caisson, a cylindrical case employed to keep out water during construction underwater, used in building a bridge support

Fata Morgana Mirage
An example of a Fata Morgana mirage in the Straits of Messina; this complex mirage gives the appearance of objects floating or of being part underwater, part in air

Amphibious Tank Capable of Operating Underwater

Grendels Mother
Beowulf has an underwater fight with the mother of the monster Grendel

Undersea Salvager
H W McCauleys project for a supersubmarine capable of exploring for underwater oil and mineral deposits, inspecting wrecks and observing fauna and flora

Showgirl / Underwater
Barfoot showgirl dancing an underwater dance - Not quite a mermaid, more of an octopus!

Lake Submarine in Action
A " Simon Lake" submarine fitted with wheels to move over the sea-bottom, passes through a harbour mine field 1 of 2

Water Babies Scene / 1909
An underwater scene

Emile Aubrun spotting submarines from his aeroplane
The French aviator Emile Aubrun (1881-1967) at Cherbourg demonstrates that submarines under water can be detected from aircraft flying at a height of 500 metres

Futuristic exploration of the underwater world by means of a submarine shining beams of light in the darkness

Science / Inventions
An underwater parade Date: 1899

Futuristic underwater cafe
A futuristic underwater cafe. The waiter and customers are wearing diving helmets and oxygen packs. More customers are arriving and departing in submarines

Futuristic underwater fancy dress ball
A futuristic underwater fancy dress ball, with people in diving helmets observing and couples in frog costumes dancing

Futuristic underwater artist
A futuristic scene, showing an artist in a glass box on wheels, painting a picture of his surroundings

Futuristic underwater bus
A futuristic underwater bus, moving through the water by means of propellers. The passengers look out of the windows, enjoying the view

Futuristic underwater racecourse
A futuristic underwater racecourse, with the jockeys riding large fish towards the finishing line while the spectators wave and cheer

Futuristic underwater duel
A futuristic underwater duel on the seabed, with everyone in diving helmets

Futuristic underwater warfare, with UFO-shaped submarines and soldiers (or sailors) in diving gear on the seabed

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