| The history of scuba diving is very interesting. Many | | | | be transported. These methods were not very |
| civilizations throughout time have engaged in | | | | efficient, however, and did not nearly resemble scuba |
| breath-hold diving, also known as free-diving. The | | | | diving as we know it today. The reeds did not allow |
| evidence of early free-diving is the finding of sea items | | | | divers to go deep into the water and air-filled bags |
| found on land and ancient pictures of divers. These | | | | soon filled with carbon-monoxide as the air was |
| civilizations used free-diving to spearfish and also in | | | | exhaled. Diving bells did not allow the divers much |
| competitions. The Ancient Greeks are known | | | | mobility.The first diving suits were used in France and |
| free-divers. They used free-diving to hunt for sponges | | | | England. They were made of leather and air was |
| and also in their military.Some of the early attempts in | | | | pumped into them from the surface with manual |
| the history of scuba diving to dive with the use of air | | | | pumps. Once the discovery was made to use metal |
| include snorkeling with hollow reeds, using air-filled bags | | | | to make helmets, these suits were able to stand |
| and diving bells. Diving bells are watertight chambers on | | | | greater pressure. With air manually pumped into these |
| cables. The diving bell is designed to remain full of air | | | | helmets, divers were able to enter deeper into the |
| as it is pushed under water, allowing a few divers to | | | | ocean and the history of scuba diving was furthered. |