The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-06-03

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WHAT WEeGoIS AND HOW We
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I A few months since the ne wspap erse re- |
ported how two poor fellows lost their
lives desoelding4 into the water ? in a
diving bell, at the Brooklyn Navy YARD.
The cause of their deaths was singular,
and probably. in their position, qnpretc2ee-
denied /; they were neither drowned, nor
suffoeated from the lack of fresh air, but!
were poisoned by mephitic gas-sulphur7
cited hydrogen. The diving bell used used on
this occasion was as primitive as that del
signed by Pkipps, who made his :foftunei
By recovering the treasure from q sunken
Spanish vessel, and founded the family of
the Earl of Musgra7e. The bell was
simply an oblong box of cast iron, open
at it's lower end across which were
stretched two chains, upon which the
men. were enabled to stand while within
the bell 1t was lowered and raised by
tackle, flexible tube screwed into the1
top serving to supply air. a retaining
wall nofI masonry had been, constructed
along the water line in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, near Wallabout Bay, where
large sewer edeboucaes3d Adnumber of
stones had fallen into the water which it
was necessary to remove, and, in raising a
large one embedded in = the .soila brought
downby the sewer, a volume Of noxlous
gas was, disengaged, which, Instantly filed
the bell. One man fell into the water, as
if shot. the other had sufficient time, to
pull Che signal to be auledup, when he
fell insensible the chains, and was
thus brought 10 the surface. The poison
had niingled With his blood,lend.he died
in few days.. il y,a.agnssssT sqIIs ss2
Another submarine accident fatal to-
life occurred few years since, resulting
in a series of terrible experiences, and
nearly becoming q great catastrophe. i
On this occasion the bell, or rathe. the
submarine vessel, was a great improve
ment on the preceding, as it was quite ca
pacious. and could be made to descend
and ascend to, the surface of the water by
an arrangement within ITSELF unaided BY
hoisting gear or extraneous appliances.
The vessel was connected by flexible
tube with a large receiver containing
condensed air, which foated on the sur.
face A serieslof cells, or balance cham
bers, between the outer and inner cases..
gave buoyancy or gravity to the vessel,
according as the air-cells wereswholly or
partly filled with water, while the equi-.
librium could be adjusted SO nicely that
one man standing on the bottom might
push the vast mass in any desired di-
rection. Low aqstsalo'e adscseA sdt q 1sb
{ A wharf which had been constructed
in the North River one night, shortly af-
ter Its complexion. disappeared as totally
as Aladdin's palace. The mass of wood.
and stone had slid into water sixty feet
deep, and sunk into the mud A party
of gentlemen proposed to explore for the
lost WHAT, in order ito test the qualities
of the new submarine vessel, intending to
lunch on chicken salad and experience
the exhilerating effects of champagne i'm
bibed under the inspiration of a double
supply of oxygen of the condensed at
mosphere. d There entered the vessel a
very merry party of ten, confidently, ex
Ipecting neither danger nor trouble, as the
vessel had descended before, and the ar
rangements had worked most satisfacto
rily. When all were ready, 1t was dis,
covered chat the engineer was absent who
always operated the arrangement of pipes
and valves by which the gradual descent
and ascent were managed. However, a
person who professed to know all the de-
tails of. the construction unhesitatingly
volunteered to take charge a5 5s q92 81 e ~
In going down to considerable depth.
81 is necessary to descend very slowly, in
order that the human system may gradu-
| ally accommodate itself ito the dense at.
mosphere, and also to give the pumps
enough time'to charge the bell with ar,
so as to condense it sufficiently to resist
the gradually increasing press of water.
In this instance the latter operation was
anticipated, as the reservoir of compressed
air before alluded to had been already
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