In surfing Youtube, I came across this little gem:
Very strange? No info was given about the clip-but as you can see, the diver was fed air through a leather? hose, from a bellows.
Given the low pressure capabilities of the bellows, how deep could the diver descend?
I assume this stunt was done to test a theory…but as far as I know, the hardhat diving suit was invented by Augustus Siebe , around 1805.
From the dress of these participnts, it looks like the period was around AD 1300 or so-do we have any record of such diving apparatus from that period?