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  2. Aqua-Lung - Wikipedia

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    Aqua-Lung [1] was the first open-circuit, self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (or "scuba") to achieve worldwide popularity and commercial success. This class of equipment is now commonly referred to as a twin-hose diving regulator, [2] or demand valve. The Aqua-Lung was invented in France during the winter of 1942–1943 by two ...

  3. History of underwater diving - Wikipedia

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    A scuba set is characterized by full independence from the surface during use, by providing breathing gas carried by the diver. Early attempts to reach this autonomy from the surface were made in the 18th century by the Englishman John Lethbridge, who invented and successfully built his own underwater diving machine in 1715. The air inside the ...

  4. Underwater breathing apparatus - Wikipedia

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    Recreational scuba diver. A scuba set is any self-contained breathing apparatus that is carried entirely by an underwater diver and provides the diver with breathing gas at the ambient pressure. Although strictly speaking the scuba set is only the diving equipment which is required for providing breathing gas to the diver, general usage ...

  5. Underwater diving - Wikipedia

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    Surface-supplied divers riding a stage to the underwater workplace. Underwater diving, as a human activity, is the practice of descending below the water's surface to interact with the environment. It is also often referred to as diving, an ambiguous term with several possible meanings, depending on context. Immersion in water and exposure to ...

  6. Scuba diving - Wikipedia

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    Diver looking at a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea. Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. [1] The name scuba is an anacronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus" and was ...

  7. Scuba set - Wikipedia

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    Uses. Providing an underwater diver with an autonomous breathing gas supply. A scuba set, originally just scuba, is any breathing apparatus that is entirely carried by an underwater diver and provides the diver with breathing gas at the ambient pressure. Scuba is an anacronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

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