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Foreign News May 11, 1786

Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

What is this article about?

French inventor M. Freminet has developed a device allowing him to stay underwater for 1 hour 45 minutes and retrieve objects. Successful tests in Brest and Toulon roads; Chancellor supports. Public trial in Paris next May; plans school in Brest.

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A native of France, M. Freminet, has actually found out the means of remaining under water for the space of an hour and three quarters, and of bringing up with him from the bottom whatever his strength will permit him to carry. His chief intent is to give assistance to those who are in danger of being drowned.

--The inventor has already repeated the experiments in the roads of Brest and Toulon with such great success, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer gives him very liberal proofs of the satisfaction he feels from such an important discovery. The public trial is to be made next May in Paris, between Pont Neuf and Pont Royal. The inventor will remain an hour and an half under water; a floating piece of cork will mark the spot where the diver is to be; after the experiment in Paris, he is to set off for Brest, there to open a school to form a certain number of people in the art of diving, and teach them to use his machine with success and without danger,

What sub-type of article is it?

Naval Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Freminet Invention Underwater Device Brest Experiments Toulon Trials Paris Public Demonstration Diving School

What entities or persons were involved?

M. Freminet Chancellor Of The Exchequer

Where did it happen?

France

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

France

Event Date

Next May

Key Persons

M. Freminet Chancellor Of The Exchequer

Outcome

successful experiments in brest and toulon; governmental support; planned public trial and diving school

Event Details

M. Freminet invented a means to remain underwater for 1 hour 45 minutes and retrieve objects, aimed at assisting drowning victims. Experiments succeeded in Brest and Toulon roads, earning Chancellor's satisfaction. Public trial set for next May in Paris between Pont Neuf and Pont Royal, staying 1.5 hours underwater marked by cork. Afterward, to open diving school in Brest.

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