article_snippet: the Reverend William Davy invented key components of the diving bell as part of moves to raise the guns and other lost property from shipwrecks such as the  Royal George, which sank near Portsmouth in 1782.
article_snippet: , Devon was once home to the Reverend William Davy who was instrumental in the development of the diving bell .
article_snippet: the Reverend William Davypictured) invented key components of the contraption while the Reverend William Davy was living at An historic property which once belonged to an inventor who helped design the diving bell .
article_snippet: Although Willmead (pictured) in Bovey Tracey was not the first diving bell, Willmead (pictured) in Bovey Tracey improvements to the air supply improved the design.
highlights_snippet: the Reverend William Davy played key part in creation of diving bell forerunner of the submarine .
  
highlights_snippet: the Reverend William Davy improvements to the air supply improved the design of the diving bell .
  