Siebe Henstra

	Siebe Henstra Siebe may refer to: Augustus Siebe: inventor of the standard diving dress Siebe Gorman Ltd: a company founded by Augustus Siebe and his son-in-law Gorman making diving helmets Siebe plc: a large engineering group Siebe Suit, or standard diving dress Standard diving dress, also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment, deep sea diving suit or heavy gear, is a type of diving suit that was formerly used for all relatively deep underwater work that required more than breath-hold duration, whic ... {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Augustus Siebe Christian Augustus Siebe (known by his middle name; 1788 – 15 April 1872) was a British engineer chiefly known for his contributions to diving equipment. Contribution to diving In the 1830s the John Deane (inventor), Deane brothers asked Siebe to make a variation of their smoke helmet design for underwater use. Later they turned to him to produce more helmets for diving operations. Expanding on improvements already made by another engineer, George Edwards, Siebe produced his own design; a diving helmet, helmet fitted to a full length watertight canvas diving suit. The real success of the equipment was a valve in the helmet. Colonel Charles Pasley, leader of the Royal Navy team that used Siebe's suit on the wreck of suggested the helmet should be detachable from the corselet (diving helmet), corselet, giving rise to the typical standard diving dress which revolutionised underwater civil engineering, underwater Marine salvage, salvage, commercial diving and naval diving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Siebe Gorman Siebe Gorman & Company Ltd was a British company that developed diving equipment and breathing equipment and worked on commercial diving and marine salvage projects. The company advertised itself as 'Submarine Engineers'. It was founded by Augustus Siebe, a Germany, German-born British engineer chiefly known for his contributions to diving equipment. Siebe plc started in the 1970s as a continuation of Siebe Gorman when Siebe Gorman started to take over other firms, to mean the new conglomerate to distinguish it from Siebe Gorman's original breathing apparatus and diving gear core business. Siebe plc was once one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering businesses. It was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but in 1999 it merged with BTR plc to form Invensys. Invensys was taken over by the French multinational Schneider Electric for £3.4 billion in January 2014. History 1788: Augustus Siebe was born in Saxony in Germany, named Christian Augustus Siebe.pages 16 etseq, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Siebe Plc Siebe plc became the name of the new conglomerate formed when Siebe Gorman began taking over other firms in the early 1970s, to distinguish it from Siebe Gorman's original breathing apparatus and diving gear core business. Siebe plc was once one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering businesses and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In 1999 it merged with BTR plc to form Invensys. History About 1972: Siebe plc became the name of the new conglomerate formed when Siebe Gorman began taking over other firms, to distinguish it from Siebe Gorman's original breathing apparatus and diving gear core business. 1972: Siebe plc acquired ''James North & Sons'', a large safety products business, and continued to brand it as ''North Safety Products''. 1985: Siebe plc acquires CompAir, a business making compressed air equipment for the mining and construction industries, divers and firefighters. 1987: Siebe plc acquires the ''Barber-Colman Company'', an industrial automation and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]