The evolution of Scuba Diving has come a long way since it was invented by these people, in 1864, Rouquayrol and Denayrouze, in 1926 Yvesle le Prieur also known as Aqua-lung, and in 1942 and 1943, Jacques Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan. They all had a vital role in the beginning of scuba diving. The technology of scuba diving has changed in several ways since it began in the 19th century. It was a big part in exploring underwater creations and will still be a big part in it today.
When scuba diving was first invented, the equipment they used was poor and very heavy on the human body. They used a very big cooper helmet attached to a hose that oxygen ran through so the person using it could get air through the helmet. In 1865, Rouquayrol and Denayrouze invented the very first compressed air breathing apparatus("The Evolution Of Modern …show more content…
In 1966, the Professional Association of Diving Instructors was developed, also know as PADI(Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.). This called for the instructors had to train all of the people who wanted to have a certificate to scuba dive. The beginning of the 21st century is when things really started to boom the scuba diving field. In 2006, Equipped with an ADS 2000 atmospheric suit a US Navy diver establishes a new depth record: 2,000 feet deep(Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.). The diving suit that he had one, was and still the the best advancement that anytime has ever thought about a suit. It protected his body and allowed him to dive 2000 feet under the surface of the ocean. Another remarkable that happened in the diving field was in 2012, when a Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the Deepsea Challenger to descend 10,898.4 metres (35,756 ft) to the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the
When scuba diving was first invented, the equipment they used was poor and very heavy on the human body. They used a very big cooper helmet attached to a hose that oxygen ran through so the person using it could get air through the helmet. In 1865, Rouquayrol and Denayrouze invented the very first compressed air breathing apparatus("The Evolution Of Modern …show more content…
In 1966, the Professional Association of Diving Instructors was developed, also know as PADI(Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.). This called for the instructors had to train all of the people who wanted to have a certificate to scuba dive. The beginning of the 21st century is when things really started to boom the scuba diving field. In 2006, Equipped with an ADS 2000 atmospheric suit a US Navy diver establishes a new depth record: 2,000 feet deep(Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.). The diving suit that he had one, was and still the the best advancement that anytime has ever thought about a suit. It protected his body and allowed him to dive 2000 feet under the surface of the ocean. Another remarkable that happened in the diving field was in 2012, when a Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the Deepsea Challenger to descend 10,898.4 metres (35,756 ft) to the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the