diving-belln.

Etymology: < diving n. + bell n.¹ 5.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdiving-bell.

a. A strong heavy vessel, originally bell-shaped, with the bottom open, in which persons may descend into deep water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, or by fresh air supplied by a forcing pump from above.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > submersible vessel

diving-engine1601

diving-bella1684

submarine boat1713

bellc1715

diving-bladder1753

boat1802

diving-boat1802

bell-vessel1816

submarine1828

nautilus1875

submersible1900

bathysphere1930

bathyscaphe1947

mesoscaphe1955

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 292 We tried our Diving bell, or Engine in the Water Dock at Deptford...It was made of Cast lead: let downe with a strong Cable.

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 896 Means of weighing up sunken Vessels..and taking out the Goods by means of the Diving Bell.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. iii. 133 One of the Divers blew an Horn in his Diving-Bell, at the bottom of the Sea.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 291 The great diving-bell improved by Doctor Halley, which was large enough to contain five men.

1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxiv. 212 Breathing with as much difficulty..as he might have experienced in a diving-bell.

attributive.1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 713/2 A diving-bell company was formed in England in 1688.1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 715/1 Diving-bell Pump, a pump having a casing divided by a vertical partition into two chambers, which are provided with inwardly and outwardly opening valves.

b. The air-filled web in which the water-spider lives under water.

ΚΠ

1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 271 The diving-bell of the Water-Spider (Argyroneta aquatica).

1961 Listener 7 Dec. 986/2 A water-spider beside its ‘diving-bell’, a bubble of air contained in a web.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	diving-bell
释义	diving-belln. Etymology: < diving n. + bell n.¹ 5.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdiving-bell. a. A strong heavy vessel, originally bell-shaped, with the bottom open, in which persons may descend into deep water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, or by fresh air supplied by a forcing pump from above. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > submersible vessel diving-engine1601 diving-bella1684 submarine boat1713 bellc1715 diving-bladder1753 boat1802 diving-boat1802 bell-vessel1816 submarine1828 nautilus1875 submersible1900 bathysphere1930 bathyscaphe1947 mesoscaphe1955 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 292 We tried our Diving bell, or Engine in the Water Dock at Deptford...It was made of Cast lead: let downe with a strong Cable. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 896 Means of weighing up sunken Vessels..and taking out the Goods by means of the Diving Bell. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. iii. 133 One of the Divers blew an Horn in his Diving-Bell, at the bottom of the Sea. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 291 The great diving-bell improved by Doctor Halley, which was large enough to contain five men. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxiv. 212 Breathing with as much difficulty..as he might have experienced in a diving-bell. attributive.1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 713/2 A diving-bell company was formed in England in 1688.1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 715/1 Diving-bell Pump, a pump having a casing divided by a vertical partition into two chambers, which are provided with inwardly and outwardly opening valves. b. The air-filled web in which the water-spider lives under water. ΚΠ 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 271 The diving-bell of the Water-Spider (Argyroneta aquatica). 1961 Listener 7 Dec. 986/2 A water-spider beside its ‘diving-bell’, a bubble of air contained in a web. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1684
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