Robert Davis
British inventor (1870-1965) · Scientists · Died at 95
Sir Robert Henry Davis was an English inventor and director of the Siebe Gorman company. His main invention was the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus, an oxygen rebreather that Davis patented for the first time in 1910, inspired by the rebreathers that Henry Fleuss patented as of 1876.
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About this person
Davis breathing set was destined to allow British submarine crews to escape when their ship started to sink.
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1965 · aged 95
