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The document provides an overview of scuba diving, including its history, equipment, and requirements for divers. It details the evolution of diving technology from the 1300s to modern scuba gear, highlighting key inventions and milestones. Additionally, it outlines who can scuba dive based on age, health, and disabilities, along with descriptions of essential diving equipment.

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The document provides an overview of scuba diving, including its history, equipment, and requirements for divers. It details the evolution of diving technology from the 1300s to modern scuba gear, highlighting key inventions and milestones. Additionally, it outlines who can scuba dive based on age, health, and disabilities, along with descriptions of essential diving equipment.

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SUBMERSIBLE PRESSURE GAUGE (SPG).

L1: SCUBA DIVING ✦ shows how much of the air is left.

SCUBA. SCUBA TANK.


✦ acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA
or . ✦ pressurized air which allows one to breathe & to stay longer underwater.
✦ diving method where a diver uses a regulator as the breathing apparatus & a tank
w/ compressed air which enable the diver to breathe normally. FINS.
✦ will require certain certification / c-card for one to be allowed to dive / rent the ✦ provide the propulsion that makes it possible to swim w/ lesser effort.
scuba equipment.
SCUBA / WETSUIT.
✦ provides protection from the coldness of the water & from other elements.
TIMELINE.
1300s.
✦ simple cauldron in the shoe of a bell was used where the idea was to trap the air COMMUNICATION.
inside the container where the diver swims out of breath then returns to the bell to
replenish air.

1690.
✦ Edmund Halley, developed an improved diving bell.
1715.
✦ Englishman, John Lethbridge
, built the “divine engine”, which was an
underwater oak cylinder supplied w/ compressed air from the surface.

1823.
✦ Charles Anthony Deane, invented the “smoke helmet” originally for firefighters.
1825.
✦ Willam Jamesinvented the first workable, full time SCUBA. It had a cylindrical
belt around the diver’s trunk that served as a reservoir.

1837.
✦ German-born inventor, Augustus Siebe , innovated a closed diving suit to
complete the diving helmet of Deane.
✦ became the first standard diving dress.

1843.
✏ first diving school was established by the Royal Navy.
1866.
✦ Frenchman, Benoit Rouquayrol Auguste Denyrouze
& patented the “aerophore,”
where the diver carries a steel tank of compressed air & is connected through a
valve which goes to the mouthpiece.
✦ became the forerunner of the modern-day scuba gadget.

1876.
✦ Henry A. Fleuss
, an English merchant seaman, developed the first self-contained
diving gear that used compressed oxygen & not compressed air.

1943.
✦ Jacques Cousteau Emile Gagnan
& redesigned a car regulator which provided
compressed air divers in the slightest & later on called as the aqualung.

WHO CAN SCUBA DIVE?


AGE.
✦ 8-year-old can start learning in shallow waters.
✦ 10-year-old can be qualified to train & be certified as a Junior Open Water Diver.
✦ 15-year-old / older can apply for an Open Water Diver’s certificate.

HEALTH.
✦ to be physically fit to be able to cope w/ strenuous physical task which may
happen at an unexpected time such as maneuvering through strong current to
reach a dive site.
✦ temporary restrictions are also given to those w/ colds, flu, injured / pregnant.

DISABILITIES.
✦ disabilities do not hinder anyone from scuba diving.
✦ many of the instructors can provide training which is designed for physically
challenged individuals.

EQUIPMENT.
DIVE MASK.
✦ created the air pocket to have a clearer view of the underwater life.

SNORKEL.
✦ breathing tube allowing you inhale & exhale through your mouth when
swimming face down on water surface.

REGULATOR.
✦ let’s you breathe underwater.
✦ connects to your tank & delivers air to your mouth when you inhale.

BUOYANCY CONTROL DEVICE (BCD).


✦ helps control the position in the water column.
✦ if air is added in an internal bladder, then one rises toward the surface. by
removing air from it, one sinks.

OCTOPUS.
✦ back-up regulator; usually has a longer hose & a bright yellow body so it is easy
to find & can be used by others in an emergency.

WEIGHT BELT.
✦ used to counteract buoyancy.

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