…and I thought I was burdened with gear
The sole example of this steampunkesque diving suit appears Musée de la Marine in Paris. Built by Alphonse and Theodore Carmagnolle with 20 portholes the entire suite weighs in at 837 pounds. You can get a bit of the history and the specs over at Diving Heritage. Be careful not to head over unless you totally are prepared to give up a few hours exploring the world’s largest virtual dive museum featuring over 300 helmets!
In addition to being mind-meltingly awesome, I found this suit eerily familiar. At first I thought it was something out of a Mike Mignola comic, but then I came across this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bioshockcoverfinalcropped.jpg
Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day!
Saurooon
After seeing this suit, I don’t think I will ever complain about getting into a wetsuit ever again (well maybe a little).