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.... Given that 99.9% of divers are still diving essentially the same demand-valve regulator that J.Y. Cousteau used in 1943...
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I certainly enjoy and read almost all your post and agree with almost all of them. May I suggest that you ...
Please recall that JYCs bubble machine was almost an exact copy of the 1867 Rouquayrol-Denarouse Aerphore SCUBA unit
The major changes was high pressure air and a second hose to make a complete loop ( ie Double hose regulator)
There were at least 3 maybe more SCUBA units prior to the God of Underwater meeting with Emile to convert a Gasogene regulator which was a copy of the Rouquayrol-Denarouse regulator into an Aqua lung .
SDM
.... Given that 99.9% of divers are still diving essentially the same demand-valve regulator that J.Y. Cousteau used in 1943...
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...
I certainly enjoy and read almost all your post and agree with almost all of them. May I suggest that you ...
Please recall that JYCs bubble machine was almost an exact copy of the 1867 Rouquayrol-Denarouse Aerphore SCUBA unit
The major changes was high pressure air and a second hose to make a complete loop ( ie Double hose regulator)
There were at least 3 maybe more SCUBA units prior to the God of Underwater meeting with Emile to convert a Gasogene regulator which was a copy of the Rouquayrol-Denarouse regulator into an Aqua lung .
SDM