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Charles Spalding
Scottish confectioner and amateur diving bell designer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the American writer and financier, see Charles F. Spalding.
Charles Spalding (29 October 1738 – 2 June 1783) was an Edinburgh confectioner and amateur engineer who made improvements to the diving bell. He died while diving to the wreck of the Belgioso in Dublin Bay using a diving bell of his own design.
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