| Reference number | EL/T/91 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Marten Triewald to John [Theophilus] Desaguliers |
| Creator | Triewald; Marten (1691-1747); Swedish merchant; engineer; amateur physicist; director of mechanics and military architect, Sweden |
| Date | 1 November 1732 |
| Description | Explanation of his improvement to the diving bell
Figure of diving bell with flap |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 444, p 377
The Library has a translation of Triewald's the 'Use of the art of living under water' (1741) see:
TRIEWALD, Marten; CROFT, C.J.L., et al., trans.
The art of living under water ... together with the 'Use of the art of living under water' (1741) translated into English by C.J.L. Croft, Lars Gustafsson and Michael Kahan; with a life of the author, based on an essay by the late Captain Bo Cassel ... and an introduction and commentary by Michael Fardell and Nigel Phillips
London: Historical Diving Society, 2004, 96p. illus. port. facsims. |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ad9009e3-f83a-478a-80a6-23d87edca795 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8419 | Desaguliers; John Theophilus (1683 - 1744); natural philosopher | 1683 - 1744 |
| NA4908 | Triewald; Martin (1691 - 1747) | 1691 - 1747 |