subject: The History Of Aqua Lung [print this page] Emile Gagnan and Jacques Yves Cousteau in the year 1942 remodeled a regulator to supply air on demand and after a few years a product was launched in to the market in France called the Aqua lung it was kept a secret till Southern France got liberated. At the same time Frederic Dumas who was their diving friend hit sixty two meters with the help of aqua lung at that time there were hardly 3 aqualungs among which one of it was destroyed in an accident by the weapon shell on the Riviera that propelled in the wrong direction. They went on sale in the year 1950 in Britain, in Canada in 1951. In 1952 the aqualung reached the American market.
The National Geographic published an article on the archaeological expedition of Cousteaus at the Island of Grand Congloue in combination with a movie in French called Epaves (Shipwrecks) after three years. It demanded for the latest version to the diving gear and neither American nor French producers were able to fulfill the demand. The underwater camera of Louis Boutan inspired the first diving magazine with the first color photos provided by W.H. Longley around 1923 in the US. Jacques Piccard and his son Auguste of Swiss invented a thing called bathyscaphe in the year 1940. After a few initial problems their latest 1953 invention called the Trieste was taken to 35802 ft/10900m by the Lt. Don Walsh in the year 1960 following its purchase by the Navy. Here in this article we discuss about the history Aqua lung scuba equipment. It gives the details of its manufacturers and many other things regarding the diving equipment.
The bathyscaphe and bathysphere which are evolved diving bells that came a long way ever since the early glass version of Alexander. The discoverers of the bathysphere, engineer Otis Barton and Zoologist William Beebe united in the year 1930, their pioneering and courageous exploits afterward would make a memorable Hollywood script. The history Aqua Lung underwater equipment dates back to 1940s and the amazing adventures of the renowned scuba diver Jacques Cousteau. The compacted equipment has opened a whole new method of scuba diving for both professionals and amateurs. The aqua lung equipment encompasses a whole lot of scuba equipments. The aqua lung at present refers to 2 manufacturers supplying the scuba gear all over the world. They are Aqua Lung America and Aqua Lung International.
