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Word: momsen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Vice Admiral Charles B. Momsen, 70, U.S. submarine expert and inventor of the Momsen lung for underwater escapes, who in 1928 devised the first successful escape device by rigging a mask to a rubberized bag of oxygen, testing it himself before it became standard equipment on all U.S. subs; of pneumonia; in St. Petersburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 2, 1967 | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

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