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This suit looks loose but the extra space was needed to accommodate the enormous set of balls it required to sink into the ocean in that thing.

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Historians don't like telling people this, but they were primarily used as gimp suits to keep tensions from rising on the ship.

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Presumably, there would be a hose connected to it.

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Early surviving diving suit for ship and cargo salvage, Finland, 18th century AD | Spyke