Aquatic Flashcards
• Edmund Halley
• Improved diving bell
1690
• John Lethbridge
• “Diving Engine”
1715
Charles Anthony Deane
• “Smoke Helmet”
1832
The first diving school was established by the Royal Navy
1843
William James
• First workable, full time SCUBA
1825
• Augustus Siebe
• Innovated a closed diving suit to complete the diving helmet of Deane
1837
Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze
• Patented “Aerophore”
1866
• Henry A. Heuss
• Developed the fine self-contained diving gear
1876
-Alexander the Great
-a cauldron designed to trap a pocket of air when it was lowered into the water
Diving Bell
(300 B.C.)
Eye gaggle from shells
4 of tortoise
1300s
Hollowed tube and sketch of webbed swimming gloves
-Leonardo de Vinci
-an idea that led to modern-day fins
(1400s)
Wooden Paddles
Benjamin Franklin
(1717)
Modern Fins
1912
One of the best but simple way to see, discover, and appreciate the intriguing underwater life
• Peeking through life underneath
Snorkeling
Jacques Cousteau
and Emile Gagnan
“Aqualung” or the modern day
1943
what are the basic
equipment in snorkeling?
Skin Protection
Mask
what are the basic scuba diving equipment?
Dive Mask
Scuba tank
Fins
SPG or Submersible Pressure Gauge
Weight Belt
Wet suit
Snorkel
Swimming cap
Mask defogger
Regulator
Octopus
BCD or Buoyancy Control Device
Different Kinds of Snorkel
Snorkel with a flexible tube
Classic snorkel
Purge valve
Dry valve
Splash guard
…it resist water or “pushes back”
anything moving through it
Snorkeling Fins
Hope