A Look at Scuba Wet Suits
Scuba wet suits were not taken seriously until World War II and
the advent of Navy Frogmen (SEALs) who became one of America’s
most effective weapons of the war. On any kind of measurable
basis, costs of operations versus costs of effectiveness,
man-to-man, or overall kill ratios, the SEALs exceeded
expectations on any level. Once recognized, the military put a
much time and money into improving the effectiveness of its
frogmen. That meant improving the design, effectiveness and
durability of wet suits.
There is a controversy that developed at the time over whether
or not wet suits had to remain dry. Sounds like a set up for a
joke but it’s not. All underwater, rubberized protective outfits
are called wetsuits. The controversy was over whether heat loss
from the diver’s body could be controlled better if the wetsuit
kept his skin dry or not. It was Hugh Bradner who is credited
with the first wet suit in 1952. Mr. Bradner was actually
working as a physicist at UC Berkeley’s radiation laboratory
where he was testing the reflections of shock waves on
unicellular material and was invited to attend a Swimmer’s
Symposium. His concept was that the diver’s skin does not have
to stay dry to prevent heat loss if the thermal insulation used
in the wet suit was obtained by air entrapped in the material of
the suit.
With the French invention of the Aqua-Lung, Self Contained
Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) was used in the war and
afterwards spawned investigative teams exploring the ocean’s
many mysteries. As soon as this began, the pressing need for
wetsuits was made painfully obvious by the divers suffering from
hypothermia after only a few dives. The divers tried everything
from greased long johns to leftover Air Force survival suits,
and the Bradner wet suit. Bradner was the first to use a
unicellular material similar to the type he was working with in
the radiation laboratory in his wet suit. The material came from
a company called Rubatex and was called Neoprene and the
original model for today’s high-tech, three-level wet suit was
born
Peter Emerson
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Does this scuba suit make me look fat?
… Don't lie to me, cause I can tell if your lying.
hell yes.
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No, not at all. It brings out your eyes.
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scubas suits do show every part of your body, so you will have to lookin th mirror to determine that!
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a little. theres definitly no depth to it…. ok you look fat! i said it! and im sorry! im going to go cry now!
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it's sexy!
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Stop farting in it!
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I actually think our Avatars should meet! Cause little birdy I wanna go divin with you!
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You look so hot in that suit.
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No, it does not.
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Try the color blue instead.
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you do look a little round around the middle…
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Hmm, it's not the right shade.
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I can't see your avatar..
but I would think that you look marvelous
holla@urgirl ;O
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You look thinner than usual because you're wearing black. But it really doesn't matter…you're still cute!
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There is no correct or best answer for this question. Only a severe latex fetishist would post it. I have a pink rubber suit I like to don and run around in, but It doesn't have all the attachments for diving. You should be ashamed. Get a real latex suit at " Fit Your Figure Marty's".
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A little.
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Now get naked and write a poem about me.
Scuba stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
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not at all the rubber hold everything in
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Nooo, but maybe you should just lose a few feathers…
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