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From: "A.Appleyard" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*>
To: techdiver@terra.net
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 16:08:08 GMT
Subject: P.S. to: Demand regulator and stab-jacket in 1838 AD!!!

>   At the diving exhibition in Birmingham in October 1995 I saw a Draeger
> (German) nitrox rebreather (with oxygen cylinder and air cylinder) intended to
> be worn by a standard diver instead of a surface airline. No breathing bag;
> the diver's suit acted as the breathing bag.

That was made and in regular use from 1918 onwards. Yes, a nitrox rebreather
with a separate diluent cylinder that long ago!

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