The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Light, when John r. Turner o national reputation, reached a
 This feat is astounding, D descended from a height highe or the Pilgrim shaft at Provin feet high, respectively.
 The only thing comparabl drop from the windows of the low the face of the clock, abOu
 Doubtless Depth Limit.
 4 diver can now go more than twice as far down into the sea as the most expert could previously go with the aid of the old-fashioned diving suit of rubber.
 A new diving suit of armor has made it all possible, the invention of Charles H. Jackson, a cOlorei me chgnic. who lives at 12 Albion street, Boston. It was in testing this new suit. made entirely of brass, that Tur- ner accomplished his memorable feat yesterday.
 This new invention is expected to give a great impetus, because 1t re- Ieyes the diver of the tremendous pressure of the water against his body at low depths and enables him to go with comparative safety into great stretches of the ocean bottom where 1t is impossible to penetrate with the ordinary diving suit of rubber.
 The first use to which this new in 1-entton will be put will be the recov- cry of s20, 100000 worth of gold bull lion from the hold of the British liner Laurentic.
 The ILaurentic which was torpe- doed bv the Germans off Lough Swil- 1y on the Irish coast during the World war.
 Despite the fact that two divers have already been killed in attempt ing to salvage this sea treasure, Div CT Turner, who made his second worlds record yesterday afternoon, is confident of getting the entire S3O'- 900, ,00o.
 Ths suit used in the test yesterday weighed 4O0 pounds. Like all suits of the kind, 1t Is made in two parts, a. head piece and a body piece. Three men can handle the head-piece, but it requires the service of derrick 10 handle the body piece. The head piece. except for minor improve Tnents, is like all diving head-pteceS- Even the old rubber suits always had a metal headpiece. Just why a met al bOdy-piece Was never aILSAiPISu before nobody knows.
 Five Parts to Body Piece
 The body-piece, although it Is made in one piece like the old rub Der suit, which is more or less ia rniliar to all people who have lived around the sea~coast is reaiy made of five pieces tw9 legs, two arms and a corseIet The oorselet is shaped to the body like an ordinary steel corse- let, but 1t is of heroic size. The arms and legs, also of heroic size, are se- cured to it by mechanical joints, which permit 6 forward and back ward movement
 Each leg and each arm is divided into two parts by movable joint at the knee and at the elbow, which permit a slight motion up and down in combination with the backward and forward motion from the joints at the hips and shoulders. A very important improvement is a small clutch at the end of each arm. which permits the carrying or picking up of cables or other objects by the diver, who operates the clutch with his fin zZzzs-7zzs inside the suit of armor.
 Sought 50 Fathoms sssspreparation for the test the party z55zAsnbled at Fosters wharf, off At
 
 morning. MT. Thomas, who financ- ed the undertaking, provided a big lighter owned by Betts Brothers of East Boston. The derrick was used to lift the body piece aboard.
 Several soUndfngs were made out side Graves light on the other side of SteIlwagen bank before the desired depth of water was found. As Tur- ner expressed it, 'tt was 60 fathorns
 
 experts present, the spot selected for the test was about 15 miles to the east of the Graves light on a line about half way between Cape Cod and Gloucester.
 Dresses on Deck
 During the four hour trip out, ar engagements were perfected for the test. After dinner Turner changed his clothes, putting on heavy wool ems to counteract the cold tempera- ture of the water. All this time the diving suit of armor lay on the deck of the lighter front down. From the back of the corse1et a heavy steel eye protrudes from the point of bal ance, making it easy to handle the heavy suit with the aid of a steel cable on the derrick. The suit was finally strung up until it was Almost erect, when Turner was lifted into it as you would lift a baby into a era dle.
 Ne slid down into the grooves for lis legs and put his arms into the metal arm cases A telephone re- ceiver was adjusted to his head and the copper metal head piece screw ed down, encasing Turner completely il armor.
 Looked Like 'tPercy''
 As eager as Turner was to get into the water, he realized the danger that lurked in this first test of the new diving suit. For that reason he in sisted upon having his > brother-in- law tend him. With the aid of the telephone, the wires of which came up through the metal adpiece to a battery on the deck the lighter, Turner was in constant communica- tion with his brother-in-Iaw from