Lesson 1: Scuba Diving Flashcards
(38 cards)
was used where the idea was to trap the air inside the container where the diver swims out until he or she runs out of breath then returns to the bell to replenish air
simple cauldron in the shape of a bell
what year was a simple cauldron in the shape of a bell used
1300s
who developed an improved diving bell
Edmund Halley
he built the “diving engine”
John Lethbridge
what year did was the improved diving bell developed?
1690
an underwater oak cylinder supplied with compressed air from the surface
diving engine
what year was the diving engine built?
1715
invented originally for firefighters
smoke helmet
who invented the smoke helmet?
Charles Anthony Deane
what year was the smoke helmet invented?
1823
it had a cylindrical belt around the diver’s trunk that served as an reservoir
SCUBA
he invented the first workable, full time SCUBA
William James
year the first scuba was invented?
1825
it completed the diving helmet of Deane and became the standard diving dress
diving suit
A German inventor who innovated a closed diving suit
Augustus Siebe
in what year was the diving suit invented?
1837
when was the first diving school established by the royal navy?
1843
where the diver carries a steel tank of compressed air and is connected through a valve which goes to the mouthpiece
aerophore
who patented the aerophore?
Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze
what year was the aerophore patented?
1866
he developed the first self-contained diving gear that used compressed oxygen
Henry A. Fleuss
year the first self-contained diving gear that used compressed oxygen
1876
provided compresses air divers in the slightest and later on called as
aqualung
they redesigned a car regulator which later became the aqualung
Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
