• Question: What is an aqua lung?

    Asked by to Edward, Ian, Mathew, Naomi on 25 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Ian Stephenson

      Ian Stephenson answered on 25 Jun 2014:

      Aqualung is the name of the company that invented/developed scuba diving equipment – breathing equipment and air tanks you carry on your back, to swim under water.

      In the same way we say Hoover for vacuum cleaner, Fridge for refrigerator, and Biro for ball point pen (for even Google for web search), the name of the company sometimes gets used as a generic term for the thing they made.

    • Photo: Naomi Osborne

      Naomi Osborne answered on 25 Jun 2014:

      Like Ian has said, it’s the name of an under water breathing equipment. The term Aqua lung may be referred to in biology when talking of insects that can absorb oxygen to keep them breathing under water for long periods – like a scuba air tank 🙂

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