Aqua-lung (English spelling) Aqualung

Japanese: Aqua-lung(英語表記)Aqualung
Aqua-lung (English spelling) Aqualung

...see diagram) and breathing apparatus. This pressure regulating valve has two stages. It was invented by J. Cousteau and others in 1943, and was first sold commercially in 1946 under the trademark Aqua-lung (meaning "underwater lungs"). This invention significantly expanded human diving activities. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Aqua-lung" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…図参照),呼吸装置からなっている。この圧力調整弁は2段になっており,1943年にJ.クストーらによって発明され,46年アクアラングAqua‐lung(〈水中の肺〉の意味)という商標で市販されたのが最初である。この発明により,人間の潜水行動は著しく拡大された。…

※「Aqua-lung」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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