Deep Sea Diver Benjamin Leavitt Promotes Salvage Armor
Brooklyn inventor Benjamin Franklin Leavitt explains his self contained diving suit that he claims enables four hour submergence and supports depths up to 861 feet amid claims of a deep sea treasure record. He describes nitrogen gas handling, caustic soda CO2 scrubbing, and a 350 pound armor with a 20 000 pound lift cable as proof of its capabilities.
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Lake Huron
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Holland Hit Hard by War Suffering Dutch Industries and Trade
A pamphlet by D. J. Steyn Parve, acting consul general for the Netherlands, details how World War I devastated Holland. It covers shipping collapses, declines in Rhine tonnage, disrupted foreign trade, excess profits amid famine, losses in Russian and central European securities, and massive government costs and taxes to fund mobilization and welfare programs.
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North Sea
Volwne
Cratiie
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Rhine
Russia
Europe
Hungary
Royal National Committee of Assistance
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