Underwater Breathing Apparatus

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• Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus — Self con*tained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, n. A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by tubing to a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus — equipment for breathing during underwater diving, SCUBA …   English contemporary dictionary

• Self-contained breathing apparatus — SCBA redirects here. For other uses, see SCBA (disambiguation). Not to be confused with the very similar Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Toronto firefighter wearing an SCBA A self contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA, sometimes… …   Wikipedia

• breathing apparatus — /ˈbriðɪŋ æpəˌratəs/ (say breedhing apuh.rahtuhs) noun equipment designed to provide breathable air, either while the wearer is underwater, as a scuba set, or while on land, as for firefighting, rescue work, etc …  

• Deadspace (in breathing apparatus) — This article is about Deadspace (in breathing apparatus). For other uses, see Dead space (disambiguation). Deadspace in a breathing apparatus is excess space which the flow of air or breathing gas must pass through and back again as the user… …   Wikipedia

• Underwater diving — This article refers to underwater diving by humans. For other uses of the term diving, see dive and diving Underwater diving is the practice of going underwater with or without breathing apparatus. Recreational diving is a popular activity (also… …   Wikipedia

• underwater diving — also called  underwater swimming,    swimming done underwater either with a minimum of equipment, as in skin diving (free diving) or with a scuba (scuba diving) (abbreviation of self contained underwater breathing apparatus) or an Aqua Lung.… …   Universalium

• apparatus — [ˌæpəˈreɪtəs] noun [U] equipment divers wearing underwater breathing apparatus[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Breathing performance of regulators — A diving regulator is a device that reduces the high pressure in a diving cylinder to the same pressure as the scuba diver s surroundings. The breathing performance of regulators is a factor in choosing a suitable regulator for the type of diving …   Wikipedia

• Breathing set — *Scuba set, used underwater *Rebreather, reprocesses exhaled air *Surface supplied diving, fed from the surface *Self contained breathing apparatus, used out of water, worn by rescue workers, firefighters, and others *Spacesuit, used in space …   Wikipedia

• Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus — A Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus The Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus (also referred to as DSEA), was an early type of oxygen rebreather invented in 1910 by Sir Robert Davis, head of Siebe Gorman and Co. Ltd., inspired by the earlier Fleuss… …   Wikipedia