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<p>used for <a href="page.php?w=scuba_diving">scuba diving</a>, and submarine escape devices.</p>

<p><big> History </big></p>
<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3APSM_V31_D669_Cork_jacket_and_life_buoy.jpg">thumb</a>The oldest examples of primitive life jackets can be traced back to inflated bladders, animal skins, or hollow sealed gourds for support when crossing deep streams and rivers. Purpose-designed buoyant safety devices consisting of simple blocks of wood or <a href="page.php?w=Cork_%28material%29">cork</a> were used by <a href="page.php?w=Norway">Norwegian</a></p><p>
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