Robert Davis (inventor)

Robert Davis (inventor)

Sir Robert Henry Davis (1870 – 1965) improved the rebreather, after Henry Fleuss invented it. The Davis Escape Set was named after him.

Davis Road in Chessington (where Siebe Gorman's factory was for a while) was named after him.

Publications

He wrote the books:
*"Breathing in Irrespirable Atmospheres", first published in the 1930's at St. Catherine's Press in London. It has 376 pages, c.250 photographs, and diagrams.
*cite book |author=Davis, RH |title=Deep Diving and Submarine Operations |year=1955 |edition=6th |publisher=Siebe Gorman & Company Ltd |location=Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey |pages=pp. 693

External links

*http://www.nbcd.org.uk/research_library/library/detail.asp?BookID=2 (the book)


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