DENAYROUZE, Auguste

DENAYROUZE, Auguste

France (1837-1883)

Last updated: April 16, 2017 at 3:48 am

Co-developer of a self-contained breathing apparatus with Benoit Rouquayrol in 1864; created the Société française de pêche aux éponges pour la Méditerranée Orientale (French Society for Fish and Sponges Of The Eastern Mediterranean) based in Izmir, Turkey, in 1865; won the gold medal at the 1867 World’s Fair for the Rouquayrol-Denayrouze diving apparatus; Jules Verne chose the diving apparatus for the crew of the Nautilus in the 1869 novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea after attending the fair.

Auguste Denayrouze while serving in the French Navy (Public Domain)

Model wearing the Rouquayrol-Denayrouze diving apparatus in Paris (Public Domain)

Rouquayrol-Denayrouze diving apparatus (Public Domain)

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