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- Christian J. Lambertsen, a scientist and doctor who invented an underwater breathing system used by the military in World War II and later coined the ‘scuba’ acronym by which such systems are widely known, has died. He was 93. He died Feb. 11 at his home in Newtown Square, Pa., outside Philadelphia, Stuard Funeral Directors Inc. said Monday.
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Christian James Lambertsen (May 15, 1917 – February 11, 2011) was an American environmental medicine and diving medicine specialist who was principally responsible for developing the United States Navy frogmen 's rebreathers in the early 1940s for underwater warfare.
Christian had created what he dubbed a LARU — Lambertsen Amphibious Respirator Unit — a stand-alone underwater breathing device. The system contained a carbon dioxide filter which allowed the diver to re-breathe the air he exhaled while underwater.
Feb 21, 2011 · Christian J. Lambertsen, a scientist and doctor who invented an underwater breathing system used by the military in World War II and later coined the “scuba” acronym by which such systems are widely known, has died at 93. The Associated Press reported today that he died Feb. 11 at his home in Newtown Square.
Mar 7, 2011 · March 7, 2011 12 AM PT. McClatchy-Tribune. Dr. Christian J. Lambertsen, who developed the first self-contained underwater breathing apparatus — scuba gear — while studying medicine at the...
Feb 18, 2011 · Christian J. Lambertsen, who as a medical student in 1939 invented a revolutionary underwater breathing system used by the military in World War II and who later helped coin the popular acronym...
Feb 22, 2011 · February 22, 2011 / 6:59 AM EST / CBS Philadelphia. (CBS) - The Newtown Square man who invented the first SCUBA system in 1941 has died at the age of 93. Christian Lambertsen was a scientist ...
Feb 21, 2011 · Christian J. Lambertsen, a scientist and doctor who invented an underwater breathing system used by the military in World War II and later coined the ‘scuba’ acronym by which such systems are ...
