Diving faceplate for underwater work

Title (Dublin Core): Diving faceplate for underwater work
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Personal protection (other)
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Image Caption: Shallow sea-diving without the costly and cumbersome equipment usually needed for underwater work, can be done with this diving "faceplate" designed by Richard B. Comstock, U.S.N
extracted text (Extract Text): SHALLOW-SEA DIVING, with-
out the costly and cumbersome
equipment usually needed for
underwater work, can be done
with this diving “faceplate” de-
signed by Richard B. Comstock,
U.S.N. Consisting of an oval
frame fitted with a glass window
and a sponge-rubber cushion
around the edge to make a
watertight contact, the plate is
held on the. wearer's head by
means of straps. Fresh air en-
ters through a hose connection
at the top of the plate; exhaled
air passes out through one-way
valves at the bottom.
Contributor (Dublin Core): Richard B. Comstock (designer)
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1944-01
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 1, 1944
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 95
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
References (Dublin Core): United States Navy
Archived by (Dublin Core): Lorenzo Chinellato; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): United States of America