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Word: underdress (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...which Max Nohl made last week's record dive was designed by himself, with the aid of Captain John Craig, a writer, lecturer and explorer who had invented a successful undersea camera. The suit is of rubber and weighs, with helmet, shoes and weights, 200 Ib. An underdress of heavy fleece wool and waterproof canvas is worn inside, the rubber canvas trousers, with pockets, outside. The helmet is cylindrical, has a glass window ⅜ in. thick all the way around, so that the diver has as wide an angle of vision as he can turn his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Deepest Dive | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

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