Diving bell

(Naut.) A ve el, generally made of cast-iron, by means of which persons can descend to a great depth under water, with slight inconvenience. The principle of the D. B. will be easily understood by floating a piece of lighted candle, or a wax match, on a cork, and then covering it with an inverted tumbler, and pre ing it downwards: the candle will descend below the level of the surrounding water, and continue burning for a short time, although the tumbler be entirely immersed. The reason is obvious enough: the air in the tumbler having no vent, remains in it and prevents the water from occupying its place, so that the cork and candle, though apparently under water, are still floating, and surrounded by the air in the tumbler: the candle continues burning until the oxygen of the air is exhausted, and then it goes out, as would the life of a man under similar circumstances. If ve els full character. "Divinity doth hedge a king."-Shaks. Div'inize, v. a. To make divine; to invest with a sacred character.