Timeline Of Diving Technology

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improved diving bell.

Around 1620: Cornelius Drebbel may have made a crude rebreather: see Rebreather#History of rebreathers.

1650: Otto von Guericke built the first air pump.

1772: Sieur Freminet tried to build a scuba device out of a barrel, but died from lack of oxygen after 20 minutes, as he merely recycled the exhaled air untreated.

1776: David Bushnell invented the Turtle, first submarine to attack another ship. It was used in the American Revolution.

19th century

1800: Robert Fulton builds a submarine, the “Nautilus”

Diving helmets appear

1808: Brize-Fradin designed a small bell-like helmet connected to a low-pressure backpack air container .


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