Jim Paul M.

Malunjao 12 Turquiose ABM

SNORKELING (A)

DIVING BELL (300 B.C.)

In this era Alexander the great

HOLLOW REED (3000 B.C.)
In this era skin divers of the island
Crete in the Mediterranean used
hollow reeds to breathe while
submerged in water as they were
collecting sponges.
developed the diving bell. Which was a
cauldron device designed to trap a
pocket of air when lowered down the
ANIMAL SKINS WERE FILLED
water. It allowed divers to breathe WITH AIR (9000 B.C.)
underwater without going back to the
In this era divers in Assyria were
surface but it lowered their mobility.
using animal skins filled with air to
lengthen their stay underwater.

SNORKELING
EYE GOGGLE FROM THE SHELL OF HOLLOWED TUBE AND SKETCHES OF
TORTOISE (1300 s) WEBBED SWIMMING GLOVS (1400 s)
In this era the shell of tortoise was
used to develop a gadget In this era Leonardo da Vinci then
protecting the eyes as well as to created the first contemporary
see clearly in water. It was used by snorkel. It was a Hallow tube
lessions divers designed to the leather lead of the
divers allowing to breathe
underwater.

MODERN FINS (1912) WOODEN PADDLES (1717)

In this era modern fins invented by Franklin came up with an idea of

Frenchman Louis de Corlieu. Patent using wooden paddles attached to
was obtained in 1933. the hands and feet to help
swimmers swim faster.