Breathing Apparatus Collection

Gas mask. This device is to allow the user to breathe during a chemical gas attack, or in a smoke-filled building. The tube at lower left is for drinking liquids such as water

Diaphragm anatomy - 1866 anatomical illustration showing the human diaphragm (top: centre)
JAB4119430 Diaphragm anatomy - 1866 anatomical illustration showing the human diaphragm (top: centre, bottom: upper-centre)

Lung anatomy 1866 illustrations showing the external anatomy of the human lungs (beige)
JAB4119246 Lung anatomy 1866 illustrations showing the external anatomy of the human lungs (beige), with the bronchi and trachea (white)

Voice box and thyroid 1866 illustration showing the anatomy of the larynx (voice box) and thyroid (brown)
JAB4119213 Voice box and thyroid 1866 illustration showing the anatomy of the larynx (voice box) and thyroid (brown, lower centre) Shown here are the hyoid bone (A), thyroid cartilage (B)

A London fireman in standard uniform
5310146 A London fireman in standard uniform; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a London fireman in standard uniform (right) and one equipped with smoke-proof dress and breathing pipe

Breathing apparatus used by the Vienna Fire Brigade
5310142 Breathing apparatus used by the Vienna Fire Brigade; (add.info.: Engraving depicting breathing apparatus used by the Vienna Fire Brigade. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Human airways 1866 illustration of the voice box (larynx, top), trachea (windpipe, vertical)
JAB4119233 Human airways 1866 illustration of the voice box (larynx, top), trachea (windpipe, vertical, centre) and bronchi (lower left and right)

Human throat 1866 cutaway illustration showing the anatomy of the throat LE LARYNX
JAB4119196 Human throat 1866 cutaway illustration showing the anatomy of the throat LE LARYNX, posterieure face - Fig 1: Pharynx and esophagus, Fig 2: Opening of the larynx 5 sup-glottic part

Voice box anatomy 1866 anatomical illustration showing the muscles (brown) and external (Figs 1 and 2)
JAB4119181 Voice box anatomy 1866 anatomical illustration showing the muscles (brown) and external (Figs 1 and 2) and internal structure (Fig 3) of the larynx (voice box) Muscles du larynx - Fig 1

Lung anatomy 1866 illustrations showing the external anatomy of the human lungs (red) Fig 1: from below
JAB4119217 Lung anatomy 1866 illustrations showing the external anatomy of the human lungs (red) Fig 1: from below, showing the arteries (centre) Fig 2: frontal view, showing the bronchi (centre)

Larynx, trachee artere and bronchi - The normal life and health of J. Rengade.Drawing A. Demarle 1881
JAB4120247 Larynx, trachee artere and bronchi - The normal life and health of J. Rengade.Drawing A. Demarle 1881; (add.info.: Larynx, trachee artere and bronchi - The normal life and health of J)

Breathing apparatus used by the Vienna Fire Brigade
5310141 Breathing apparatus used by the Vienna Fire Brigade; (add.info.: Engraving depicting breathing apparatus used by the Vienna Fire Brigade. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Sections of the pharynx and larynx. Lithograph of Anneshower, based on a drawing by Leveille
FLO4672792 Sections of the pharynx and larynx. Lithograph of Anneshower, based on a drawing by Leveille, in Petity Atlas complet d'Anatomie descriptive du Corps Humain, by Dr

Human airways, 1866 illustration Fig 1: voice box (larynx, top), trachea (windpipe)
JAB4119149 Human airways, 1866 illustration Fig 1: voice box (larynx, top), trachea (windpipe, vertical) and bronchi (lower left and right) Fig 2

Lung blood supply 1866 cutaway illustration showing the blood vessels (red) and airways (white)
JAB4119137 Lung blood supply 1866 cutaway illustration showing the blood vessels (red) and airways (white) within the lungs The airways consist of the trachea (windpipe, vertical, upper left)

Voice box anatomy 1866 anatomical illustration showing the internal structure of the larynx (voice box)
JAB4119199 Voice box anatomy 1866 anatomical illustration showing the internal structure of the larynx (voice box) Fig 1 shows the larynx split vertically

Lung blood supply 1866 cutaway illustration showing the veins (blue) and arteries (red)
JAB4119225 Lung blood supply 1866 cutaway illustration showing the veins (blue) and arteries (red) of the lungs Reports of bronchi and pulmonary vessels - 1866; (add.info)

Breathing - Normal Life & Health by J. Rengade. Drawing A. Demarle 1881
JAB4120239 Breathing - Normal Life & Health by J. Rengade. Drawing A. Demarle 1881 by Demarle, Alphonse (1826-1896); (add.info.: Breathing - Normal Life & Health by J. Rengade. Drawing A)

Respiratory System - Normal Life & Health. Drawing A. Demarle 1881
JAB4120096 Respiratory System - Normal Life & Health. Drawing A. Demarle 1881 by Demarle, Alphonse (1826-1896); (add.info.: Respiratory System - Normal Life & Health. Drawing A)

Breathing Hygiene - Normal Life & Health by J. Rengade. Drawing by A. Demarle 1881
JAB4120182 Breathing Hygiene - Normal Life & Health by J. Rengade. Drawing by A. Demarle 1881 by Demarle, Alphonse (1826-1896); (add.info.: Breathing Hygiene - Normal Life & Health by J. Rengade)

Davis Inhalator
Firemen using a Davis Inhalator with a double breathing bag for two victims, in the Holland Tunnel, New York, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Climbing Mount Everest - Earths highest peak (litho)
979543 Climbing Mount Everest - Earths highest peak (litho) by Macpherson, Douglas (1871-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Climbing Mount Everest - Earths highest peak)

Instrumentation in B-29, 1944. Creator: NASA
Instrumentation in B-29, 1944. Recording high altitude flight data in a flying laboratory at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland

The Aerophore, for exploring Dangerous Mines (engraving)
1105656 The Aerophore, for exploring Dangerous Mines (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Aerophore, for exploring Dangerous Mines)

Invention by Sieur Freminet of a system for recycling air
CHT331732 Invention by Sieur Freminet of a system for recycling air and allowing divers to breathe underwater, 1784 (coloured engraving) by French School

Diver being prepared for descent
BBC211022 Diver being prepared for descent by Ravilious, Eric (1903-42); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Climbing Mount Everest, illustration from Newnes Pictorial Book of Knowledge, c
IL314875 Climbing Mount Everest, illustration from Newnes Pictorial Book of Knowledge, c.1920 (litho) by McPherson, Duncan (fl.1920); Private Collection; (add.info)

Preserving Life in Mines, the Aerophore Apparatus (engraving)
1058427 Preserving Life in Mines, the Aerophore Apparatus (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preserving Life in Mines, the Aerophore Apparatus)

Leading firemen Morris, Mobbs and Fireman Colin Benton (right) put on their breathing apparatus. note to editors - it is not clear what Fire Station these men are

Surbiton Fire Brigade Display. October 1933 A fireman wearing smoke apparatus. 1307

German naval troops wearing respirators, First World War, 1915, (1935). Creator: Unknown
German naval troops wearing respirators, First World War, 1915, (1935). The Introduction of Chemical Warfare: German naval troops wearing early types of respirator

American Naval Diver wears three-fingered watertight rubber gloves, 1937
An American Naval Diver wears three-fingered watertight rubber gloves unlike the British diver, who generally works with bare hands, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

Firemen inside a fire engine, Kingsland Road Fire Station, London, 1935. Streamlined fire escape vehicle with crew in breathing apparatus

Crew in breathing apparatus, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1934. Fire engine with ladder and fire hose visable

Ready for the Upper Regions, 1927. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co, Limited, London & Melbourne, 1927]

Fully Equipped for air fighting; oxygen, radio, electrically heated clothing and parachute, 1940. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

Firefighters donning smoke helmets, Farringdon Street rubber works, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press

Divers salvaging guns from the seabed, c1855. The diving suits appear to be of the type designed by German-born engineer Augustus Siebe (1778-1872)

Special operations forces combat diver with underwater propulsion vehicle

Navy SEAL combat swimmer wearing a closed circuit rebreather
A Navy SEAL combat swimmer on bag breathing and purging all the CO2 from the closed circuit rebreather before commencing a combat navigation swim in Pearl Harbor along the shoreline of Ford Island in

A Navy SEAL combat swimmer adjusts his dive mask while on bag breathing and purging all the CO2 from the closed circuit rebreather before commencing a combat navigation swim in Pearl Harbor along

U. S. Navy diver uses an AN / PQS 2A handheld sonar device while training in the Red Sea
July 8, 2010 - U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician uses an AN/PQS 2A handheld sonar device during training in the Red Sea

The first frog - woman. Frogmen the underwater swimmers used for daring
The first " frog - woman ". " Frogmen " the underwater swimmers used for daring operations during the war - have trained a " frogwoman " to assist them in their

Navy SEALs combat swimmers donn their equipment in a utility boat
A pair of Navy SEAL combat swimmers donn their facemask and prepare to purge all the nitrogen from their LAR-V oxygen underwater breathing apparatus prior to entering the water for training in

A pilot in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon
November 29, 2007, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea - An F-16 Fighting Falcon turns while flying over a training range in South Korea during a close-air-support training mission

A Marine drinks water from his canteen through his gas mask inside a gas chamber
November 22, 2005 - A Marine drinks water from his canteen through his gas mask inside a gas chamber

A Marine wearing a gas mask during during chemical warfare training
February 27, 2012 - U.S. Marines and Sailors conduct annual chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

A Navy SEAL combat swimmer uses the compass on the attack board to take a bearing on the target before deflating his lifejacket and diving to begin the clandestine compass swim

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Breathing Apparatus: A Journey through Time and Innovation Gas mask - The invention that revolutionized respiratory protection, ensuring safety in hazardous environments. Davis Inhalator - An early breathing apparatus designed to aid respiration during emergencies, saving countless lives. Climbing Mount Everest - Earth's highest peak (litho) - Brave mountaineers equipped with breathing apparatus conquer the world's tallest mountain. Instrumentation in B-29, 1944. Creator: NASA - Advanced breathing systems developed for aviation pioneers, enabling high-altitude flights. The Aerophore, for exploring Dangerous Mines (engraving) - Ingenious device allowing miners to explore treacherous depths while maintaining a steady supply of fresh air. Invention by Sieur Freminet of a system for recycling air - Early visionary designs paved the way for sustainable breathing apparatus technology we rely on today. Diver being prepared for descent - Dive into the depths with confidence as divers are equipped with state-of-the-art underwater breathing apparatus. Climbing Mount Everest, illustration from Newnes Pictorial Book of Knowledge c) – Adventurers scaling new heights protected by reliable and efficient respiratory gear. Preserving Life in Mines, the Aerophore Apparatus (engraving) – Underground explorers depend on life-saving equipment like the Aerophore to survive challenging mining conditions safely. La Vie Dans Les Mines (engraving) – Unveiling the hardships faced by miners and how innovative breathing apparatus has improved their working conditions over time. German naval troops wearing respirators, First World War 1915 (1935). Creator: Unknown – Respiratory protection becomes essential during wartime conflicts as soldiers adapt to protect themselves against chemical warfare threats.