John Day (carpenter)
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john-day-carpenter-186-12344488
title:
John Day (carpenter)
text:
John Day was an English carpenter and wheelwright. He is the first recorded death in an accident with a submarine. With the financial support of Christopher Blake, an English gambler, Day built a wooden "diving chamber" without an engine. He attached his invention to the deck of a 50-ton sloop named the Maria, which Blake had purchased for £340. The sloop's hold contained 10 tons of ballast, and two 10-ton weights were attached beneath the keel which could be released from inside the diving cham
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First recorded death in a diving chamber
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Day_(carpenter)
date created:
2011-06-06T23:11:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T04:12:18Z
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