History of SCUBA diving.

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History of SCUBA diving.
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1500s

• 1500s - Leonardo da Vinci designs the first known
  scuba. His drawings of a self-contained
  underwater breathing apparatus appear in his
  Codex Atlanticus.

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1823

• Charles Anthony Deane patented a "smoke helmet"
  for fire fighters. This helmet was used for
  diving, too!

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1876

• Henry A. Fleuss developed the first workable,
  self-contained diving rig that used compressed
  oxygen.

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1925

• Yves Le Prieur releases a very successful
  self-contained underwater breathing unit.

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1933

• Louis Ce Corlieu patents the first swim fins in
  France and later in the US.

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1941-1944

• 1941-1944 - During World War II, Italian divers
  used closed circuit scuba equipment to place
  explosives under British naval and merchant
  marine ships.

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1946

• Jacque Cousteau's Aqua Lung was marketed
  commercially in France.

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1956

• The first wetsuit was introduced by researchers
  at the University of California. Edco produces
  the first suits.

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1956

• Ted Nixon introduces a distinctive red and white
  "diver down" flag to warn boaters to stay clear
  or slow down to avoid injuring nearby divers.

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1959

• The YMCA develops the first national diver
  certification program.

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1983

• Craig Barshinger and Carl Huggins, Jim Fulton,
  introduce The Edge, the first commercially
  successful American electronic dive computer.

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2002

• The FBI issued a nationwide alert saying that it
  has received information about a possible
  terrorist threat from underwater divers.

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2003

• Tanya Streeter, a world champion freediver, She
  descended 400 feet to capture the variable
  ballast record.

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2005

• Scuba diving has become one of America's top
  growing sports. From open water to cave diving,
  scuba has become a pastime for all ages.

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Resources

• Images All retrieved on March 12, 2005
• www.floridakeysscuba.com/snorkeling.htm
• www.merit.gr/TIP/tip25.htm
• www.secret-bottletop.com/diving/Script1/p4.html
• www.secret-bottletop.com/diving/Script1/p8.html
• www.stranypotapecske.cz/teorie/prieur.asp
• www.poolandspa.com/catalog/product000864000060.cfm
  
• www.abocean.com.au/products/sa.shr/dp_brand_catego
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• www.hmascastlemaine.com
• www.sg.hu/cikk.php?cid13891
• www.andark.com/wetsuits_drysuits.html
• www.sevendead.com
• home.gwu.edu/buchanan/Scuba
• www.discountdivers.com
• www.redefineyourlimits.com
• www.globalshareware.com
• Facts
• www.floridascubahound.com/history_of_scuba.htm