Augustus of filters (* 1788; "† 15 April 1872 in London) had come as Prussian and/or Saxonian participants of Wellingtons an armed force against Napoleon after 1815 to England. It established itself finally as technician/an engineer in the Londoner quarter Soho. With the company Siebe-Gorman created by him it developed the first

1819 development of the open diver helmet. Air escapes under the shoulder piece and/or the suit waistcoat in the water. Finally an advancement of the classical diver bell. If the diver bends or if the air supply is omitted, the helmet full water runs.

1838 development of the closed diver helmet. The suit waterproof up to the hands is connected at the shoulder piece or directly at the helmet with this. Leads for chest and back as well as lead shoes supplement the equipment.

The new equipment was used for the first time 1839 for a larger enterprise. With mountain work on 1782 in a shipping route before Spithead of warship sunk Royal George carried the divers out of its majesty pioneer work. The work ended after six-year activity with the breakup of the wreck lain in 20 meters of depth. Up to then 32 divers among 5 officers had worked on the wreck and among other things an admiral sword had saved. "The two-man principle "the Taucherei today comes of the work to "the Royal George ".

The diver William Walker worked with equipment of this kind 1906-1911 on and/or under the foundation of the Winchester Cathedral. For its work, which made a security of parts of the foundation only possible, it received a royal honor. A reminds in the cathedral until today of it.

Insufficient dip-physical and dip-medical knowledge of this time and further local error provided with the increasing spreading of the Helmtaucherei for one first frightening high accident number among the sponge divers of the Mediterranean.

The helmet dipping equipment is common with changes and modernizations until today and forms the Grundpfeiler of the development of the today's Taucherei.

After the development of the helmet dipping equipment also some early cycle devices and dipping equipment for the British navy produced Siebe-Gorman. Soon after that 2. World war oriented itself the company again and extended its product scale. After various firm purchases and - the name of filters belongs to fusions no longer to the company name since 1999.

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