Submarine Appliances And Their Uses
Deep Sea Diving, &c., &c.

CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction_____________________________________________________________ General Description of Construction oî the Diving Apparatus and its use British Admiralty Deep Diving Experiments___________________ The Physics oî Diving The Physiology oî Diving _____________ ... _____________ Diving Dress working under différent Conditions... Selection oï Divers, Notes on the _________________________ Diving Apparatus, Description, and Hints as to Care oî various Air Pumps, Testing efficiency oî_______________________________ Dressing the Diver and Sending him. down. ... Signals between. Diver and Attendant ... Duties of those in charge of Diving Operations_____________ Instructions to Divers— Working on a Ship's Bottom and, about Wrecks; Searching -for Lost Working in a Tideway; Diver Blown up to Surface; Joining up two pumps to one Diver Duration of Dives in Deep Water Management of Diver’s Ascent _______________________________ Table oî Times to be allowed on the Bottom _____________ Hints for the Diver, with Tables and Method of doing Work— Going Down; Pains in the Ears; Going down too fast for the air to follow; Ad- vantages of rapid descent; Moving about on the Bottom; Management of the Outlet Valve of Helmet; Searching; Effects of insufpcient air ; Coming up from Deep Water; Getting into the Boat; Distance-line lost; Diver fouled; Work- ing on Muddy or Rocky Bottoms, or about Moorings; Strong Tides, contending with; Working on a Ship's Bottom ; Going to assistance of a Fouled Diver; Cold Weather; Use of Excess Air Cock, or “Spit" Cock; Slipping Weights in case of emergency ; How to act when Diver is blown up; Cleaning Ships' Bot- toms; Clearing Propellers and Valves; Coppering Ships' Bottoms; Recovering Anchors; etc., etc. Diving Apparatus, use of as a Smoke Helmet, in Case oî Fire ... First Aid to the Diver in case of Accident_________________________ Divers’ Pay and Hours oî Work_____________________________________ Self-contained Diving Apparatus___________________ _____________ Height of Waves, their force, and depth to which their action extends Diving Bells ... _______ ••• _______ ••• _______ Combined Diving Bell and Decompression Chamber ___________________ Air Locks for sinking Caissons ... _______ Divers save a Cathedral ... Life-saving Devices in Submarine Boats _________________________ Apparatus as a Shallow-water Diving Dress and Smoke Helmet _______ Useful Data relating to Diving Rock Removal by Blasting, etc.____________________________________ Wrecks, dispersal of, by Blasting ... ... ... ... _______ Rock removal without the aid of Explosives_______________________________ Submarine Mines Submarine Cable Grapnels Deep Sea Sounding Machines ... ... ... ... ••• _______ Moorings, and Mooring Buoys Submarine Signalling Apparatus Salvage Operations_______ ••• ••• ••• _______ Submarine Commercial Industries, Sponge, Pearl, Coral and Amber Fisheries Historical. The Evolution of the Diving Dress, etc. {with numerous illustrations') Diving Operations in the Severn Tunnel Relics from the Deep Treasure Recovery from the Deep ... ... ... ... ... _____________ The Diver’s Comparative Immunity from Accident— A few incidents ; Submarine Scenery; Depth to which Daylight P enetrates ; Sub- marine Photography ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• Oxygen Breathing Apparatus _____________ _______________________________ parts oî Articles; or more 5-6 6a-6b 7 9-14 15-18 19-20 21 22-36 36 36-40 40-43 43-44 44-46 46 47 47-49 50-60 60 61-63 64 65 67-68 69-71, 73-4 72 75 77-79 81-91 91-92 93-97 98-105 .. 106-108 .. 110-113 114-117 .. 118-119 . 120-122 .. 123-124 125-127 128-151 152-157 158-170 172 173-176 176-178 179-183 183 2