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    Scuba diving involves using a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) that allows divers to breathe underwater. The development of scuba diving was motivated by people's interest in exploring deeper waters. To scuba dive, one must be certified by completing training with a recognized diving organization. Scuba uses a regulator and compressed air tank to enable divers to breathe and explore underwater for longer periods and at greater depths than free diving alone. The history of scuba diving involved various innovations over centuries that led to modern scuba equipment, including the development of diving helmets and suits in the 18th-19th centuries and the invention of open-circuit scuba by Cousteau and Gagnan in 1943.

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    Scuba diving involves using a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) that allows divers to breathe underwater. The development of scuba diving was motivated by people's interest in exploring deeper waters. To scuba dive, one must be certified by completing training with a recognized diving organization. Scuba uses a regulator and compressed air tank to enable divers to breathe and explore underwater for longer periods and at greater depths than free diving alone. The history of scuba diving involved various innovations over centuries that led to modern scuba equipment, including the development of diving helmets and suits in the 18th-19th centuries and the invention of open-circuit scuba by Cousteau and Gagnan in 1943.

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    Scuba diving involves using a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) that allows divers to breathe underwater. The development of scuba diving was motivated by people's interest in exploring deeper waters. To scuba dive, one must be certified by completing training with a recognized diving organization. Scuba uses a regulator and compressed air tank to enable divers to breathe and explore underwater for longer periods and at greater depths than free diving alone. The history of scuba diving involved various innovations over centuries that led to modern scuba equipment, including the development of diving helmets and suits in the 18th-19th centuries and the invention of open-circuit scuba by Cousteau and Gagnan in 1943.

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    Scuba Diving

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    Scuba diving involves using a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) that allows divers to breathe underwater. The development of scuba diving was motivated by people's interest in exploring deeper waters. To scuba dive, one must be certified by completing training with a recognized diving organization. Scuba uses a regulator and compressed air tank to enable divers to breathe and explore underwater for longer periods and at greater depths than free diving alone. The history of scuba diving involved various innovations over centuries that led to modern scuba equipment, including the development of diving helmets and suits in the 18th-19th centuries and the invention of open-circuit scuba by Cousteau and Gagnan in 1943.

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    SCUBA DIVING

    SCUBA DIVING
    • When we say underwater world,
    reactions can be one or the other.
    • Relics of the famous Titanic ship,
    species of marine life, and the beauty
    of corals, caves and even sunken
    cities were and are being discovered
    underwater.
    • Underwater diving is done either
    through “breath holding” (diving free)
    or through scuba diving (with
    breathing apparatus)
    SCUBA DIVING
    • The development of scuba diving
    became possible because of people’s
    interest and curiosity in deep water,
    which motivated inventors to create
    safer means of going to greater depths.
    • Scuba diving will require certain
    certification for one to be allowed to
    dive or even to rent the scuba
    equipment in order to do so, one must
    take a course with recognized diving
    organization, after which the
    certificate/card may be issued.
    WHAT IS SCUBA DIVING?
    • Scuba is an acronym for Self-
    Contained Underwater Breathing
    Apparatus or SCUBA.
    • Scuba diving is a diving method
    where a diver uses a regulator as the
    breathing apparatus and a tank with
    compressed air which enables the
    diver to breathe normally
    underwater.
    • With these equipment, a diver can
    explore the waters for a longer
    period of time and at greater depths.
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    1300s – a simple cauldron
    in the shape of a bell 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 breath
    air.
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    1690s – Edmund Halley
    developed an improvised
    diving bell. The diving bell
    with trapped air was brought
    down with two people inside.
    The diver/explorer outside
    the bell also used smaller
    version of the diving bell in
    his/her head where a tube
    connected from the bell to the
    bigger bell to get some air.
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    1715 – Englishman
    John Lethbridge
    built the diving
    engine which was an
    underwater oak
    cylinder supplied
    with compressed air
    from the surface.
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    1823 – Charles Anthony
    Deane invented the smoke
    helmet originally for
    firefighters. The helmet
    fits over a man’s head
    with an attached hose for
    supply of air which comes
    from the surface.
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    1825 – William James
    invented the first
    workable, full-time
    SCUB. It had a
    cylindrical belt around the
    diver’s trunk that served
    as an air reservoir at 450
    psi.
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    1837 – German-born
    inventor Augustus Siebe
    innovated a closed diving
    suit to complete the diving
    helmet of Deane. The suit
    was connected to an air
    pump on the surface and
    became the first standard
    diving dress
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    1843 – the
    first diving
    school was
    established by
    the Royal
    Navy
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    1866 – Benoit Rouquayrol and
    Auguste Denayrouze patented
    the “Aerophore”, where the
    divers carries a steel tank of
    compressed air and is connected
    through a valve which goes to
    the mouthpiece. The tank also
    has a hose where fresh air is
    pumped from the surface . This
    became the forerunner of the
    modern-day scuba gadget.
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    1876 – Henry A. Fleuss,
    developed the first self-contained
    diving gear that used compressed
    oxygen and not compressed air.
    In his prototype of closed circuit
    scuba, carbon dioxide was
    absorbed by a rope soaked in
    sodium hydroxide so that the
    exhaled air can be recycled or re-
    breathed.
    HISTORY OF SCUBA DIVING
    • 1943 -
    Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
    invented and made an open‑circuit divin
    g breathing set, using a demand regulator
    which Gagnan modified from a demand
    regulator used to let a petrol‑driven car r
    un
    on a big bag of coal‑gas carried on its ro
    of during warmed shortages of petrol. 
    • Scuba diving can be for
    varied purposes. It can be
    for recreation where one
    undertakes it to sheer
    enjoyment of
    experiencing marine life
    while observing fish and
    other marine animals,
    while taking photos and
    videos.
    • Scuba diving may be used
    for technical purposes
    such as cave diving and
    advance wreck diving.

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