c/historyartifacts · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1yEarly surviving diving suit for ship and cargo salvage, Finland, 18th century AD 196 points · 22 comments · view on lemmy.world
22 Comments
Origen@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 1y
This suit looks loose but the extra space was needed to accommodate the enormous set of balls it required to sink into the ocean in that thing.
candyman337@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 1y
Why the mouth hole like dat
dumbass@leminal.space · 19 pts · 1y
Historians don't like telling people this, but they were primarily used as gimp suits to keep tensions from rising on the ship.
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Banned for betraying trade secrets
dumbass@leminal.space · 10 pts · 1y
The people need to know the truth!
Drusas@fedia.io · 16 pts · 1y
Presumably, there would be a hose connected to it.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
Smoking
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 pts · 1y
BANANAMAN
MrGerrit@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 1y
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Wow, this unlocked an old memory!
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 7 pts · 1y
PixelTron@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Nostalgia heaven!!
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y
Look Mr bubbles, an angel!
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y
There’s a party in his fucking tummy, and now he has to dive in that?
ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Looks like a cousin of necropants.
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
The pants were dead
niktemadur@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Well I, for one, welcome the cousin of our new necropants overlords!
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1y
I'm playing Silent Hill 2. When do I meet this one?
Chickenstalker@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Bananas, in pyjamas, are coming diving down the sea...
Thcdenton@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
It's nice to look back to see how far we've progressed
muculent@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Oh look it comes with the original diver.
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
https://vocal.media/history/raahe-wanha-herra-the-old-gentleman-of-raahe-the-world-s-oldest-surviving-diving-suit
urheber@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
its that they based that one fortnite skin of.