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aqualungUnderwater breathing apparatus worn by divers, developed in the early 1940s by French diver Jacques Cousteau. Compressed-air cylinders strapped to the diver's back are regulated by a valve system and by a mouth tube to provide air to the diver at the same pressure as that of the surrounding water (which increases with the depth). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Leave the bulky aqua-lung at home with this compact, battery powered, easy-to-use underwater diving system. He was also an environmentalist and inventor who co-developed the Aqua-Lung, created a one-man jet-propelled submarine and helped start the first manned undersea colonies. By the same token, you may see aqua-lung divers attaching cables to long-forgotten submerged logs in mill ponds next to sawmills and waterways around the Northwest. |
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