Aqua-lung

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Aqua-lung
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Aqua-lung

Summary

Aqua-lung ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (299 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Aqua-lung is credited with the discovery of Émile Gagnan[2].
  • Aqua-lung is credited with the discovery of Jacques Cousteau[3].
  • Aqua-lung's image is recorded as Aqualung old type.jpg[4].
  • Aqua-lung's subclass of is recorded as underwater breathing apparatus[5].
  • Aqua-lung's start time is recorded as +1942-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Aqua-lung's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kz7s[7].
  • Aqua-lung's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 173503651[8].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Émile Gagnan[2], an engineer[9], 1900–1984[10], of France[11], awarded the National Inventors Hall of Fame[12] and Jacques Cousteau[3], a zoologist[13], 1910–1997[14], of France[15], awarded the Commander of the Legion of Honour[16], specialised in oceanography[17].

Why It Matters

Aqua-lung ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (299 views/month).[1] Aqua-lung has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Aqua-lung is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [11] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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