Ernest Bazin
1875, 1 October
Next may be enumerated M. Bazin's submarine electric lantern…
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Google BooksFrom An Occassional Correspondent, "The Paris Maritime Exhibition", 1875, 1 October,
Journal of the Society of Arts, vol. XXIII, no. 1,193, p. 923
The article discusses the recovery of bullion from a Spanish treasure fleet sunk in Vigo Bay by the British in 1702.The underwater recovery by M. Bazin started in 1869 was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War and continued again.
"Next may be enumerated M. Bazin's submarine electric lantern, a most efficient and valuable aid, indispensable for such operations as those in question. Of course the electric apparatus and illuminating points are hermetically enclosed in a suitable metallic case, mainly spherical in shape, and fitted with thick eyes of plate-glass, whence the rays may issue. Not by any means the least curious of the interesting collection of drawings exhibited by M. Bazin, are the paintings and photographs representing work being carried out at the bottom of the sea, by the light of the electric lantern. These were all taken from the actual operation itself. "
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