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History of Diving

  • The idea of the first underwater breathing apparatus, an inverted pot over the head of the diver to hold the air, belongs to Aristotle.
  • Thucydides also refers that the divers make dams to the underwater saws of Syracuse's. Arian recounts that Alexander the Great used divers in the siege of Tyre.
  • Famous Medieval engineers, such as Leonardo da Vinci developed, built and installed mechanisms which help divers to stay longer underwater, in order to participate in underwater building work and during wars.
  • The first construction respirator was invented by Roger Bacon in 1240.
  • The considerable contribution in order to understand the behaviour of humans in the conditions of an elevated pressure was brought by Englishman Robert Boyle, who in 1660 studied physical properties of compressed air. The Boyle's Law describes effect of changing the volume from pressure and density of gas which is crucial for diving physiology.
  • Mathematician Scott originally published the first description related to diving in 1664 and it was a bell.
  • In 1669 Sinclair published engineering drawings of the underwater machine, which has been used in 1588 and1665 in search the treasures of shipwreck.
  • Hailey and Schmidt have improved a design of the "bell" and became the first who has applied it in various underwater activities.
  • In 1680 the Italian Medieval scientist - the versatile person, physics and mathematician Giovanni Borelli originally has considered the possibility and has been inspired by creation of the respiratory device and other equipment for underwater researches. But all remained only in theory.
  • In 1840, the Roukairol Benoit (Benoit Rouquayrol) and Ogkist Ntenerouz (Auguste Denayrouze) improved the primitive diving of Augusto Siempe (Augustus Siebe).
  • In 1878,the first device of closed circuit was presented.
  • In 1920 the chief officer of the French Navy, Korly has invented swimming fins. This important invention has allowed the diver to accelerate movement while underwater.
  • The invention and improvement of the pressure regulator by Jacque Cousteau and Ganjan have radically changed a scene. Thanks to such a people as Dim, Hans Hass, etc. fast development of technologies of diving has led to the great successes in a conquest of the depths.