Author: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc. Presents a Pictorial History of Diving
Diving Pioneers
Author: Eric Hanauer
Publisher: Aqua Quest Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780922769438
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Aqua Quest Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780922769438
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
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.
20,000 Jobs Under the Sea
Author: Torrance R. Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
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.
The History of Oilfield Diving
Author: Christopher Swann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979789106
Category : Deep diving
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979789106
Category : Deep diving
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
The History of Underwater Exploration
Author: Robert F. Marx
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486264875
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486264875
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
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.
A History Of Diving PB
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.
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.
The Complete Diver
Author: Alex Brylske
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615721330
Category : Deep diving
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615721330
Category : Deep diving
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The Compleat Goggler
Author: Guy Gilpatric
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deep diving
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deep diving
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Bends
Author: John L. Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Compressed air
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book is a wide-ranging history of the wonders compressed air brought about and the suffering its unknown hazards inflicted. John L. Phillips explores the intertwining roles of science, technology, engineering, medicine, and politics in the invention of compressed air, the recognition and identification of decompression sickness, and the hundred-year-long process of learning to understand and treat the bends.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Compressed air
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book is a wide-ranging history of the wonders compressed air brought about and the suffering its unknown hazards inflicted. John L. Phillips explores the intertwining roles of science, technology, engineering, medicine, and politics in the invention of compressed air, the recognition and identification of decompression sickness, and the hundred-year-long process of learning to understand and treat the bends.
Diving Pioneers and Innovators
Author: Bret Gilliam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Manages to combine humour, adventure, tragedy, triumph, heroism, and even some forays into the risque while chronicling the careers of 20 personalities that helped make diving. This book presents the personal lives of this diving's heroes. It is illustrated with photographs that capture each interviewee throughout their diving careers.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Manages to combine humour, adventure, tragedy, triumph, heroism, and even some forays into the risque while chronicling the careers of 20 personalities that helped make diving. This book presents the personal lives of this diving's heroes. It is illustrated with photographs that capture each interviewee throughout their diving careers.