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Author: Heinke & Davis Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1291740783 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 69
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First published in 1871 this is a facsimile of an important piece of diving literature taken from notes of John William Heinke. It contains a 'history' of diving up to the then 'modern' time of 1871 and included many developments and underwater salvage operations that had been undertaken.
Author: Heinke & Davis Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1291740783 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 69
Book Description
First published in 1871 this is a facsimile of an important piece of diving literature taken from notes of John William Heinke. It contains a 'history' of diving up to the then 'modern' time of 1871 and included many developments and underwater salvage operations that had been undertaken.
Author: Eric Hanauer Publisher: Aqua Quest Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9780922769438 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 276
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This is the saga of diving in America, told by the men and women who lived it and made it. These stories and more recall scuba's pioneer days of the 40s and 50s where every dive was an adventure.
Author: Simon Pridmore Publisher: Simon Pridmore ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 373
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Maverick, innovator, entrepreneur, environmentalist and sheer force of nature, Francis Toribiong would have been a unique and significant individual no matter where in the world he was born. As it turned out, he was born in the island nation of Palau in the Western Pacific at just the right time to apply his special set of skills and attributes to the task of helping his country find its place in the world. In the 1980s and 1990s, he arguably did more than anyone to build Palau’s economy and help it develop into an independent, forward-looking nation. And, improbably, he achieved this via the sport of scuba diving. Francis Toribiong is a Pacific Islander like no other. He is the father of Palau tourism, a scuba diving pioneer, and an effective, tireless ambassador for both his country and its abundant marine and land resources. He was born poor and had no academic leanings. Yet he was driven to succeed by a combination of duty, faith, a deep-seated determination to do the right thing and an absolute refusal ever to compromise his values. For his whole life, he has been a devoted friend to strangers and an implacable opponent to anybody who, through malevolence or negligence, threatens Palau’s considerable natural treasures. He has also been the perfect host to generations of scuba divers from all over the world, who have visited Palau to see those treasures for themselves. And, as well as all that, he was Palau’s first ever parachutist – known throughout the islands as the Palauan who fell from the sky. They were speaking both literally and figuratively. He was so completely different from all of his contemporaries in terms of his demeanor, his ambitions and his vision, that it was as if he had come from outer space. Palau had never seen anybody quite like him and there was no historical precedent for what Francis Toribiong did. He had no operations manual to consult and no examples to follow. He wrote his own life. Francis Toribiong was the first Palauan ever to seek and seize the international narrative. No Palauan, in any context or field, had previously thought to go out into the world and say: “This is Palau – what we have is wonderful. Come and see!” This is his astonishing story.
Author: Robert F. Marx Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486264875 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 244
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The noted marine archaeologist and treasure-hunting diver's history of diving, from the free divers of the ancient world to those using modern research equipment. Subjects such as underwater archaeology, sunken treasure, oceanography and skin diving are explored along with the evolution of SCUBA equipment, submarine warfare, and more. 46 photographs.
Author: Caroline E. Fife Publisher: Best Publishing ISBN: 1930536607 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 510
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Women and Pressure is a remarkable look at women's progress in the fields of diving and altitude. With content ranging from the history of women divers, combat pilots, and astronauts to the unique physiological characteristics of females working and playing in altered barometric pressure environments, this book is long overdue. Featuring contributions from 35 authors, many of whom are pioneers in their field, it represents a wide range of disciplines and offers a comprehensive dialogue about the effects of pressure on women. This book is a must-read for women divers, dive instructors, men who dive with women, and anyone involved in these fields.As an admirable collection of the current research and attitudes regarding the most frequent concerns of divers, instructors, and aviators, topics are explored on a level of seriousness and urgency. The essays included in this text contain crucial discussions of such relevant factors as: pregnancy, the menstrual cycle and decompression illness, decompression illness susceptibility compared with men, fitness to dive, thermal tolerance, equipment, legal issues, and women in the workplace. The pool of information in this book displays the serious nature of a text addressing the past, present, and future of issues of consequence in relation to the well-being of the women involved. From the Foreword: It is obviously important to have a good understanding of how women's physical and psychological responses might differ from those experienced by men. I believe that this book is a scholarly attempt to answer these questions, and I hope that it will make a valuable contribution to the health and welfare of women engaged in these highly specialized occupations. -HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh "Over the years, different data, theories, and hypotheses have been proffered, but there has never been an authoritative compendium on these issues. . .This is perhaps the only work in existence that, in one place, provides physicians, physiologists, and other interested dive and aerospace professionals with what's broadly known about the subject of women in diving and aerospace." -Karl Shreeves, The Undersea Journal, 2010 Proceeds from this book will go to the Diving Diseases Research Center to support further diving research.
Author: Torrance R. Parker Publisher: ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 376
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A profile of how commercial diving helped coastal development everywhere man has moved to establish centers of trade and commerce with a focus on the history of commercial diving in southern California since the late 1800s.
Author: Heinke & Davis
Author: Heinke & Davis
Author: Eric Hanauer
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Author: Robert F. Marx
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Author: Torrance R. Parker