Why do cooking oil and the modern regulator share a common past?
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, May 08 2005 09:15 AM
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Posted 08 May 2005 - 09:15 AM
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Posted 08 May 2005 - 10:31 AM
Cooking oil? I thought it was a cooking gas regulator that Gagan adapted, they were also used on cars running on smoldering wood.
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Posted 08 May 2005 - 12:35 PM
The modern reg was designed on a thing that was used to convert cars over to natural gas....
good old Jacques built his using this design. Give me a few hours and I can have more details, I'll have to consult my guru who knows a great deal of diving hsitory as he has been doing it for about 40 years...
good old Jacques built his using this design. Give me a few hours and I can have more details, I'll have to consult my guru who knows a great deal of diving hsitory as he has been doing it for about 40 years...
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Posted 08 May 2005 - 06:15 PM
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 originally started design work on a similar regulator for automobile research, when cooking oil was used to replace gasoline during the war. It was his work on a cooking oil regulator that led to the inspiration for the scuba reg.
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Posted 08 May 2005 - 09:08 PM
Remember the "Reserve" or "J" valve? Those of us who've been around for a bit do. But why was it called the "J" valve?
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Posted 08 May 2005 - 09:41 PM
It was item "J" in the catalog (and the K valve was item "K").Remember the "Reserve" or "J" valve? Those of us who've been around for a bit do. But why was it called the "J" valve?
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Posted 08 May 2005 - 10:05 PM
Which training agency developed the first national diver certification program? What year?
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Posted 08 May 2005 - 10:33 PM
PADI???? I don't know I am guessing ..
YMCA????
YMCA????
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Posted 08 May 2005 - 10:46 PM
In 1959 the YMCA developed the first national diver certification program.PADI???? I don't know I am guessing ..
YMCA????
Who was first person to dive past 208 feet on scuba? What year and why did they not go deeper at the time?
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Posted 09 May 2005 - 01:25 PM
No ideas? Here's a hint, it was a woman.Who was first person to dive past 208 feet on scuba? What year and why did they not go deeper at the time?
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Posted 09 May 2005 - 05:12 PM
In 1954 - Zale Parry broke the depth record by diving to 209 feet near Catalina, CA - only stopping because she hit bottom. After the record dive she becomes a hero to women around the world and many new female divers join the sport.No ideas? Here's a hint, it was a woman.Who was first person to dive past 208 feet on scuba? What year and why did they not go deeper at the time?
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Posted 09 May 2005 - 05:17 PM
In 1954 - Zale Parry broke the depth record by diving to 209 feet near Catalina, CA - only stopping because she hit bottom. After the record dive she becomes a hero to women around the world and many new female divers join the sport.
The oceans were shallower back then. Today such a dive would be over a thousand feet.
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Posted 10 May 2005 - 02:31 PM
Who is this woman and why is she famous?
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Posted 10 May 2005 - 05:01 PM
That's a really old picture of the Queen of the Deep, my daugther and I had a chat with the Dr. last year when she was in NYC. 
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Posted 10 May 2005 - 05:08 PM
Yes, indeed, Sylvia Earle, one of those reason we say, "This is a special person, worthy of our honor"
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