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The first basic rebreather based on carbon dioxide absorption was patented in France in 1808 by Pierre-Marie Touboulic from Brest, a mechanic in Napoleon's Imperial Navy. This early rebreather design worked with an oxygen reservoir, the oxygen being delivered progressively by the diver and circulating in a closed circuit through a sponge soaked ...
Scuba diver of the late 1960s. The history of scuba diving is closely linked with the history of diving equipment.By the turn of the twentieth century, two basic architectures for underwater breathing apparatus had been pioneered; open-circuit surface supplied equipment where the diver's exhaled gas is vented directly into the water, and closed-circuit breathing apparatus where the diver's ...
[70] [71] The earliest practical rebreather relates to the 1849 patent from the Frenchman Pierre Aimable De Saint Simon Sicard. [72] The first commercially practical closed-circuit scuba was designed and built by the diving engineer Henry Fleuss in 1878, while working for Siebe Gorman in London.
Many diving rebreathers are descended from it. However, there were earlier underwater uses of rebreathers: Davis Escape Set for use in emergency by submariners from 1927 onwards; Siebe Gorman Salvus invented in the 1900s and first used in mines and by firemen; The rebreathers used by the Italian Decima Flottiglia MAS frogmen in World War II
The Momsen lung was a primitive underwater rebreather used before and during World War II by American submariners as emergency escape gear. It was invented by Charles Momsen, who worked on it from 1929 to 1932. [1]
Sir Robert Davis, head of Siebe Gorman, improved the oxygen rebreather in 1910 [58] [59] with his invention of the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus, the first rebreather to be made in quantity. While intended primarily as an emergency escape apparatus for submarine crews, it was soon also used for diving , being a handy shallow water diving ...
Shaw's first rebreather was an AP Inspiration closed circuit rebreather, with which he eventually dived to depths beyond its purported capability.This prompted him to not only purchase a Mk15.5 but to replace its analogue electronics with the digital ones of the Juergensen Marine Hammerhead, resulting in a specially modified POD designed to handle extreme pressures.
The Proto is a type of rebreather that was made by Siebe Gorman. It was an industrial breathing set and not suitable for diving. It was made from 1914 or earlier to the 1960s or later. (Distinguish from "Proton", which is another sort of Siebe Gorman rebreather). Also known as proto suits. [1] Its breathing bag was worn on the chest.