2006-06-14 09:31:23 · 18 answers · asked by BDIDDY 1 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
SCUBA is an acronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus". Although there were earlier limited versions of a system to supply air to divers, modern day SCUBA systems are generally credited as follows:
In 1943, Frenchmen, Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau invented the demand regulator, which adjusted the air pressure automatically, supplying air as the diver needed it. Gagnan had started design work on a similar regulator for automobile research, when cooking oil was used to replace gasoline during the war. Gagnan designed a new regulator to work with the cooking oil fuel.
Together, Gagnan and Cousteau further improved the designs of diving equipment. Their regulator was connected to three cylinders, each holding 2,500 psi of air. The complete equipment, or autonomous diving suit with the pressure regulator, was called the "Aqua-lung".
The "Aqua-lung" is the basis for modern equipment used today, most historians refer to Gagnan and Cousteau as the fathers of modern scuba diving gear.
2006-06-14 09:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scuba stands for: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
2006-06-14 09:42:17 · answer #2 · answered by suddenlysuden 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCUBA = Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
2006-06-14 17:25:47 · answer #3 · answered by huntley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
2006-06-14 09:34:27 · answer #4 · answered by MattCan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
2006-06-14 09:34:07 · answer #5 · answered by aimlesssort1956 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
2006-06-14 15:01:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Is Scuba Stand For
2017-01-20 19:34:17 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatus.
2006-06-14 09:33:53 · answer #8 · answered by jkrzyzko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It stands for Swimming and Canoing Ultra Breath Accesories I think.
2006-06-14 10:04:51 · answer #9 · answered by jc20155 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
self contained underwater breathing apparatus
2006-06-14 09:33:12 · answer #10 · answered by pjfrmtw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋