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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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1843 – the
first diving
school was
established by
the Royal
Navy
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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.
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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.
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• 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.