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Paper, 'Notes concerning dyving [diving] and working under water' by Mr Mawle

Reference number: CLP/6/15

Date: 1663

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Mawle describes ways to convey air underwater for divers, allowing them to remain underwater for half an hour up to a depth of 29 fathoms.

Subject: Physics / Oceanography

Read to the Royal Society on 23 March 1663.

Reference number
CLP/6/15
Earliest possible date
1663
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Notes concerning dyving [diving] and working under water' by Mr Mawle, 1663, CLP/6/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_15/paper-notes-concerning-dyving-diving-and-working-under-water-by-mr-mawle, accessed on 17 January 2026

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