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aqua·lung [ˌækwəˈlʌŋ, Am ˌɑ:k-] N

aqualung

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Opinion hardened against the use of the short-duration aqualung in favour of longer-duration closed-circuit equipment. en.wikipedia.org

The design was likely inspired by the old-type open-circuit aqualung, but with the very common comic-book error described here. en.wikipedia.org

Many aqualungs of this type were made by sport divers in diving clubs' workshops using miscellaneous industrial and war-surplus parts. en.wikipedia.org

Oxygen cycle devices are much liked by combat divers and underwater photographers, as they make far fewer bubbles than aqualung-type (open circuit) sets, and those bubbles could betray the diver. en.wikipedia.org

His training gives him many extraordinary talents, i.e. underwater breath control for diving without an aqualung, and a limited understanding of the supernatural. en.wikipedia.org

The pilot used an aqualung for breathing underwater. en.wikipedia.org

The artist avoided the error found in most comic-strip drawings of old-type aqualungs, of drawing each breathing tube coming directly from a cylinder top and no regulator. en.wikipedia.org

It was used by firefighters and by rescuers in coalmines, long before open-circuit industrial breathing sets based on the aqualung became common. en.wikipedia.org

The 1950s version was like an aqualung regulator's second stage, but operated constant-flow because its diaphragm was spring-loaded. en.wikipedia.org

See this image for the correct layout of an early model aqualung. en.wikipedia.org

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