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Yes. Maybe there's a sense of duty and reciprocity involved, since the canary is the one saving miners' lives.
by baobabKoodaa 4y ago
Yes. Maybe there's a sense of duty and reciprocity involved, since the canary is the one saving miners' lives.
- DoingIsLearning 4y agoMiners would not have afforded it either, 1800's coal miners in the Midlands and southwest of England would have included a fair share of children since they could deal with narrower spaces better. Siebe Gorman & Company Ltd was building deep diving gear in the 1800s. This would have been very niche and very expensive. Not to be overly cynical but this was likely used as a soirée entertainment contraption rather than intended for actual mine use.
- jakzurr 4y ago> soirée entertainment contraption rather than intended for actual mine use Disturbing; and I seem to remember reading that people did use vacuum pumps for similar horrors. However, looking at the wear on the device in the first pic, I'm hoping that the story explained by the museum is true.