Porpoise (scuba gear) Porpoises still exist. Only a few of these early models are known today, the rarest being the CA-2, made for use with two tanks. Porpoise (scuba gear) Porpoise is a tradename for scuba developed by Ted Eldred in Australia and made there from the late 1940s onwards. The first Porpoise was a closed circuit oxygen rebreather, and the following models were all single hose open circuit regulators. This rebreather was developed by Ted Eldred in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Some were made and used for sport diving, but they did not go into full production. It was worn
Résistance Joué-du-Plain and the Assassination of Emile Buffon Résistance Joué-du-Plain and the Assassination of Emile Buffon The French Résistance of Joué-du-Plain, and the assassination of Emile Buffon. The events concerns two tenants of Chateau de la Motte during World War II in Lower Normandy, France. The first was the mayor of the commune of Joue du Plain, Emile Buffon, who owned an animal brokering business, and rented the Chateau’s attached farm. Secondly there was Jacques Batchlier, who rented two buildings next to the main house, and had a dairy business. Batchlier lived in Chateau de la Motte with his wife, Denise. Emile Buffon lived at a rented farm