T!he art of diving, apart from that associated with 6wimming feats, has been known well over 2200 years. Divers were employed during the defence of Syracuse (215-212 8.C.) to remove barriers which had been sunk in the harbour. It is recorded that Alexander the Great was lowered into the sea in a machine specially designed to exclude water and to admit light. Diving by means of air tubes was also practised at that period.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 106, 7 May 1931, Page 13
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