SCUBA

From Conservapedia
This is the current revision of SCUBA as edited by DavidB4 (Talk | contribs) at 23:20, May 5, 2017. This URL is a permanent link to this version of this page.

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search

SCUBA (or scuba) is a system of air tanks and a regulator that lets you breathe underwater. It was invented for the US military by Dr. Christian Lambersten just prior to World War II. He designed the apparatus for the United States military in 1939 that he called the "Self-Contained Underwater Oxygen Breathing Apparatus." The military shortened this to the acronym "SCUBA."[1]

Four years later, improvements were made by Jacques Cousteau and French engineer Émile Gagnan (see demand regulator).

References

  1. http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Ce-Cr/Cousteau-Jacques.html