April 24, 2024
Diving Helmet Vintage Scuba Scaphandre Tauchen
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Diving Helmet Vintage Scuba Scaphandre TauchenBuy it Now $40An uncommon but essential diving history book recording the development from the 1860's of both scuba equipment and the origins of the closed three-bolt diving helmet system and Denayrouze equipment. TROIS INVENTEURS MECONNUS, by JACQUES MICHEL, 1980,editions Musée Joseph Vaylet, Esaplion, France. Hardbound in dust jacket, 222 pages, b&w and color photos, drawings, maps, technical diagrams. If you study or collect vintage diving equipment then you probably already know the significance of this book. It is an essential for any diving historian or collector's library. The book traces the origins of scuba diving equipment from the 1860's developments of Rouquayrol and Denayrouze through La Prieur to Cousteau - Gagnan, and also their development of the three-bolt closed diving dress system that was an alternate to Siebe's 12-bolt design, and was the basis for French, German, Russian and Chinese helmet design from the late 1800's through most of the 20 th century. Although the text is in French, and internet translation services can help in converting sections of text to English, the collection of images help tell the story. Photos from the late 1800's up to the period of publishing almost 40 years ago. This book is a First Edition (the only edition we believe) and in unused
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