Show DESCENT IN A DIVING BELL an interesting trial was made yesterday of the diving bell iv vented invented by van buren ryerson and used by kroel sc ll husted in in remo removing vine vinz diamond ROCK east of governors Go vernois island the bell beil is of a new and ver very genious ingenious design and operates on the sani same sll sil principle I n c pl e as the nautilus no ina lna machinery chinery being 1 used is ed to lower or raise it h and it can remain below for hours independent of all communication in muni ni cation catlon with the upper world and then is raised or lowered by its occur occupants ants simply touching valves which let in or out condensed air or water five men went down at seven yesterday loraing mor ling ying and remained below at the depth of twenty two feet working at the rock until 11 1 1 pm during this time they bored a hole six feet long and two inches wide in solid rock the bell is formed of two shells of stron strong eg boiler iron placed about a foot apart and d divided by horizontal floor and ver vex vertical partition with different compartments at the bottom a heavy cast iron hollow ring is at attached to give diveto to the apparatus the n necessary necessary ec essary weight ht which is twenty two tons the outside diameter is ten feet and of the inside eight feet feat and the extreme hight bight of the bell rbell is twelve feet the bell is cylindrical in 8 hape shape with a convex top the admission of water into the cells sinks the machine and its expulsion causes it to ascend when the air inside becomes vitiated by breathing a spray is thrown by a hose and this taki taking i ng up the carbonic gas restores to td the air its freshness anu and and I 1 vitality new york post |