Suit replica, diving
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FIBREGLASS/ARTICULATED
- DATE
- 1986
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0907.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Can-Dive Marine Services Ltd.
- MODEL
- NEWTSUIT ADS
- LOCATION
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FIBERGLASS BODY SEGMENTS/ ALUMINUM JOINTS & EFFECTORS/ ACRYLIC FACE BUBBLE/ SYNTHETIC HEAD & HAIR/ WOODEN SUPPORTS FOR HEAD/ LIGHT BULB & WIRES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 175.0 cm
- Width
- 110.0 cm
- Height
- 65.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Diving
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Can Dive
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- City
- Vancouver
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- THIS MODEL MADE FOR EXPO 86 IN VANCOUVER
- Canada
-
A CANADIAN COMPANY, CAN-DIVE MARINE SERVICES LTD., WAS THE INNOVATIVE LEADER IN ONE ATMOSPHERE DIVING SUIT TECHNOLOGY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, AND MARKETING OF THE RIGID SUIT KNOWN AS THE NEWTSUIT. - Function
-
USED TO SIMULATE THE RIGID 'NEWTSUIT' DIVING SUIT - Technical
-
THE NEWTSUIT IS A RIGID DIVING SUIT THAT MAINTAINS ADIVER AT A PRESSURE OF ONE ATMOSPHERE AT DEPTHS OF 1200 FT. IT IS CONSTRUCTED WITH OIL FILLED ROTARY JOINTS WHICH PROVIDE LOW FRICTION ROTATION. IT HAS A CLOSED CIRCUIT OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM. IT CAN ALSO HAVE A THRUSTED PACK FOR PROPULSION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- CONNECTIONS FOR LIGHT ILLUMINATING MANNEQUIN FACE
- Finish
- ORANGE BODY SEGMENTS/ MALE CAUCASIAN HEAD WITH BROWN HAIR & MOUSTACHE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Can-Dive Marine Services Ltd., Suit replica, diving, circa 1986, Artifact no. 1986.0907, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0907.001/
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