Diving began to take leaps and bounds in the 1500’s with the invention of the diving

bell. People stretched the limits of physics and their bodies during these dangerous trips
beneath the water, as very little was known about oxygen intake at this time
It is a sport that had its humble beginnings in ancient times. In early Greece and
Rome, people used to swim or dive while holding their breath or by using makeshift
breathing apparatuses like hollow plant stems. This was commonly practiced during
combat or while gathering food and materials from the ocean.
The first snorkel used by ancient swimmers were hollow reeds that allowed them to
breathe underwater. A particularly popular instance of this being used
successfully was when a Greek sculptor named Scyllis was captured by Persians
and taken prisoner on one of their ships, and he escaped and swam nine miles to
rejoin his countrymen with the help of a hollow reed as a makeshift snorkel.
Greek philosopher Aristotle recorded the first use of “diving bells” in 4th century
BC. They supposedly used cauldrons that were overturned and forced into the water so
that it retained usable air for the diver. This rudimentary “technology” again
resurfaced in the 16th century, when people started using primitive diving bells in
the form of a wooden barrel.

Starting in the 19th century, two main avenues of investigation—one scientific, the
other technological—it greatly accelerated underwater exploration. Scientific research
was advanced by the work of Paul Bert and John Scott Haldane, from France and
Scotland respectively. Their studies helped explain the effects of water pressure on
the body, and also define safe limits for compressed air diving.

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