diving bell
noun
: a diving apparatus consisting of a container open only at the bottom and supplied with compressed air by a hose
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Before the submarine, there was the diving bell, and before the diving bell, there was the ephemeral but persistent human dream of sinking, the nagging drive to embed the body into a balloon-like enclosure and float alongside the fishes.
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Matthew Gavin Frank
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Mesopotamian ruins from nearly 8,000 years ago include deep-water shells and pearls, and Aristotle wrote about the 11-year-old boy who would become Alexander the Great descending into the sea in a glass diving bell 2,500 years ago.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
Delving into the history of the craft from the diving bells of Aristotle and Alexander the Great to the Confederate H. L. Hunley to the story of submarine inventor Peter Madsen's murder of journalist Kim Wall, this literary true crime is best read firmly planted on dry land.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 30 May 2025
The diving bell spider spends almost its entire life submerged, surfacing only to collect air.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The boat drifted from its position, dragging Lemons and his diving bell along with it.
—EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Read: How the diving bell opened the ocean’s depth
Last Breath’s story unfurls in ways that go beyond the simply factual—in large part because of its charming cast.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025
The team of three divers scheduled for a shift then descends into the water in a diving bell that's attached to the support vessel before two divers drop to the seabed while the third remains inside the bell to help ensure their safety.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Gavin Frank
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Mesopotamian ruins from nearly 8,000 years ago include deep-water shells and pearls, and Aristotle wrote about the 11-year-old boy who would become Alexander the Great descending into the sea in a glass diving bell 2,500 years ago.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
Delving into the history of the craft from the diving bells of Aristotle and Alexander the Great to the Confederate H. L. Hunley to the story of submarine inventor Peter Madsen's murder of journalist Kim Wall, this literary true crime is best read firmly planted on dry land.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 30 May 2025
The diving bell spider spends almost its entire life submerged, surfacing only to collect air.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The boat drifted from its position, dragging Lemons and his diving bell along with it.
—EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Read: How the diving bell opened the ocean’s depth
Last Breath’s story unfurls in ways that go beyond the simply factual—in large part because of its charming cast.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025
The team of three divers scheduled for a shift then descends into the water in a diving bell that's attached to the support vessel before two divers drop to the seabed while the third remains inside the bell to help ensure their safety.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Diving bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diving%20bell. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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