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1905 - MANUAL FOR DIVERS
- HANDBOOK FOR SEAMEN GUNNERS
Prepared at the Naval Torpedo
Station. (Printed in) Washington, D.C. (Reprint cover, blue, top left).
Reprint: Sundiver Productions
Company of Crystal River, Florida, prepared a new edition compiled and
edited by Joe Strykowski in 1997. This is a 66-page, A5 size, perfect
bound softcover book with several mono photographs and drawings. I'm not
sure if the 22 pages of photographs and drawings, relevant to the time
of the original publication, were part of the 1905 book, or added later;
I think they were added for this reprint. (See comment below)
Of the original (a;s0 see
comments below): there is no indication of the original format, perhaps
as per the reprint. Of the seven chapters, the following subjects are presented:
Requirement of divers; Description of Diving Apparatus; Accidents
That May Happen; Rules for Resuscitation; Signals; Duties of the Person
in Charge of the Diver and of the Divers Tenders and Assistants; Preparation
and Operation of App[aratus; Method of Instruction; Care and Preservation
of Apparatus; Diving Outfit; Pressure at Different Depths.
As with the reprint of diver
J.B.Green's "Diving With and Without Armour", perhaps there should be a
warning printed not to ‘try this at home' - not to use the procedures and
directive mentioned. Some are so ludicrous by today's standards that no
one in their right mind would use this small booklet as a modern day diving
manual, but you never know! Most of the advise is relevent anyway - but
not all. It is nevertheless a superb book from the point of entertainment,
and giving a first hand indication of what the novice diver had to go through.
The most humourous chapter is the first, the physical and mental attributes
of a diver. He must first of all be of a phlegmatic temperament - my dictionary
defines this as 1. sluggish, dull, 2. calm, cool. Do they go together?
He must not be short-necked, full-blooded or with a strong tendency to
nosebleed. I guess if he was short-necked, he would not be able to see
out of the front glass - but at least he could play rugby. Of course, he
must not perspire freely, andnot to be a hard drinker, nor to have suffered
frequently or severely from venereal disease. Men who have long trunks
with well developed chest and loins generally make good divers. So far,
I would have made it, especially as I have been told I have great loins!
[[ps-reprint]
Also located:
1905 MANUAL FOR DIVERS
- HANDBOOK FOR SEAMEN GUNNERS.
(Originally) prepared at
the Naval Torpedo Station.
Reprint: Hardback, green
covers, 44 printed pages, plus 12 printed pages of photo plates. Dimesions:
14.5 cms tall by 11 cms wide
I think this is an accurately
reproduced copy of the 1905 US Navy diving manual as it indicates "Grateful
acknowledgement to the MUSEUM OF THE MAN IN THE SEA for the loan of William
Bladder's original manual for this reproduction". It was published
and sold by the HDS (USA), I bought this copy around the year 2000.
Approximately A6 in size, the main manual is professionally bound in hard
green covers. It has seven chapters and twelve photo plates
that do seem in keeping with the period of the manual, the text has been
reproduced as a document, the manual has not been scanned, presumably with
the exception of the plates. The seven chapters are:
Chapter 1 - "Requirements
for the Diver" and "Description of Diving Apparatus".
Chapter 2 - "Accidents that
May Happen" and "Rules for Resusitation".
Chapter 3 - "Signals" and
"Duties of the Person in Charge, of the Diver, and of the Diver's Tender
and Assistants".
Chapter 4 - "Preperation
and Operation for the Apparatus".
Chapter 5 - "Method of Instruction".
Chapter 6 - "Care and Preservation
of Apparatus"
Chapter 7 - "Diving Outfit"
and "Pressure at Different Depths.
The twelve photo plates
are "Diver Ready to Descend", ""The Air Pump", "Life Line, Hose and Suit",
"Bands, Cuffs, Expanders, etc", "The Breastplate", "The Helmet", ""Chest
Weights", "Belt and Weights", "The Shoes", "Crinoline, Knife and Belt",
""Electric Light" and "Diving Launch". The plates in this HDS (USA) edition
are a lot more in keeping with the period of the manual so I think they
are from the original. [pt]
MANUAL
FOR DIVERS 1905
Prepared
at the Naval Torpedo Station, Washington D.C.1905
(Issued
to Seamen Gunners in the US Navy).
Reproduction
by Best Publications, USA.
This
is a wonderful reprint of a most historic and fascinatingmanual. The seven
chapters include ‘requirements for divers', ‘ descriptionof diving apparatus',
accidents', ‘rules for resuscitation' (do not standthe diver on his head),
‘signals', ‘preparation and care of equipment',‘pressure at depth'.
Softcover,
44 pages plus 22 mono plates. $35.00
This row images from HDS(USA)
reprint edition:
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This row images
from Sundiver reprint edition.
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Further comment from ps:
From pt's description, it does appear that the HDS (USA) edition is a faithful
reproduction in being, apparently, a direct 'copy' of the original. The
photographic images are of poor quality, much less than those of the Sundiver
Productions edition of 1997. Note also that the Sundiver edition has 22
pages of photographs, whilst the HDS(USA) edition has just the twelve.
The Sundiver edition also has a full dress diver illustration on the inside
front cover, and a photo of a full dress diver on a platformk on the inslide
back cover. The Sundiver edition also has a stylized ephoto of a seated
standard drewss diver on the back cover. It is not likely that these would
have been in the original. Somewhat confirming that the Sundiver edition
does not contain the original photographs is given by the acknowledgement
that the photos are courtesy of the U.S.Navy. And note also that there
are no common photos between the two editions.
Was there a jump of over
a decade to the next edition of the Diving Manual? |
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(U.S.NAVY) REPORT ON
DEEP DIVING TESTS
By Gunner G.D.Stillson,
U.S.Navy.
Under the Direction of the
Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department, Washington D.C.
Washington Government Printing
Office, 1915. Hardcover, 252 pages.
The Preface:
The following report was
prepared by Gunner G. D. Stillson, United States Navy, under the direction
of the Bureau of Construction and Repair of the .Navy .Department.
In December 1912, a report was submitted by Gunner Stillson stating that
our methods of diving were obsolete and our diving apparatus capable of
great improvement. In this report he suggested that a series of experiments
be made, .calling .attention to the procedure of diving adopted in the
English Navy as a result of the long series of tests carried out by the
English Admiralty in 1906-7, the result of those tests having been to make
diving in great depths of water practical and safe.
Desiring to make an advance
in all matters pertaining to diving, as to which there had been little
improvement in our service for many years, the Bureau of Construction and
Repair took this opportunity of investigating the whole subject.
To this end an exhaustive
series of tests experiments were undertaken, these comprising, first, a
series of tests in a high-pressure diving tank ashore and later a number
of tests in actual deep diving from the torpedo boat destroyer Walke in
Long Island Sound, ' The tank used was one in the works of A. Schrader's
Sons (Inc.), in Brooklyn, and by the use of this tank, and the equipment
furnished therewith the work of the tests was greatly facilitated.
The results of the experiments
have been most satisfactory. Many changes have been .shown to be desirable
in our diving equipment and apparatus, and practical rules for safe diving
in. water of great depths have bean formulated.
The Bureau desires to express
its appreciation of the excellent work .of Gunner Stillson in carrying
.out these tests, and the valuable assistance of Passed Asst. Surg. George
B. W. French, United States Navy, together withe the good work of the chief
gunner's mates whose work assisted in attaining the valuable results.
It is expected to supplement
this report with a “Diving Manual” which will serve as a work of ready
reference and instruction for diving procedure and care of diving apparatus.
This volume, however, gives a full record of the experiments undertaken
and results obtained. It is hoped that it will be of interest and value
to those having to do with the diving in the United States Navy. It should
be carefully studied by such persons, as it will make clear the reasons
for departures from previouss practices and appliances and enable them
to undertake diving in the future with a cleaer apprehension of the principles
of the art.
Bureau of Construction and
Repair. [fs] |
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1916 - U.S.
NAVY DIVING MANUAL
Navy Department, Washington
Government Printing Office, 1916.
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Reprint, presume
faithfully reproduced, by Atlantic Diving Equipment Inc', Bowie, MD, USA,
2003. Softcover, 122 pages, A5 format mono photographs and drawings, perfect
bound (not so perfect if you open it out fully!). [Cover image of reprint,
left white.]
Here we have what I would
define as a true manual of instruction. And once again there are ‘Words
preliminary' to the effect that: Today it could be dangerous and possibly
fatal to use some of the information in the 1916 US Navy Diving Manual.
The reprint editor, presumably Ray Mathieson, notes that the 1916 Manual
‘is the one that exemplifies the most advancements in technology and safety'
but must now be considered obsolete. The comment infers that there were
US Navy Diving Manuals prior to 1916.
MANUAL
FOR DIVERS 1905
Prepared
at the Naval Torpedo Station, Washington D.C.1905
(Issued
to Seamen Gunners in the US Navy).
Reprint
by Best Pubications, USA.
This
is a wonderful reprint of a most historic and fascinatingmanual. The seven
chapters include ‘requirements for divers', ‘ descriptionof diving apparatus',
accidents', ‘rules for resuscitation' (do not standthe diver on his head),
‘signals', ‘preparation and care of equipment',‘pressure at depth'.
Softcover, 44 pages plus 22 mono plates. |
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1924 - U.S.NAVY DIVING
MANUAL
Dr. Sam Miller advises that
this 'Diving Manual' was a reprint of Chapter 36 of the Manual of the Bureau
of Construction & Repair, Navy Department, Buerau of Construction &
Repair, 1924. |
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1943 - U.S. NAVY DIVING
MANUAL
Navy Department, Bureau
of Ships. Supersedes the 1924 Diving Manual
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Soft blue cover glued
with 267 pages and 113 plates. Was also published in hard back.
Dimensions 23.2 cms
tall by 15 cms wide.
Divided into 21 chapters,
this US Navy Diving manual is very well written and illustrated.
Starting with the development of diving and training of navy divers, it
covers all aspects of US Navy diving at the time. Focussing on the
U S Navy Mk 5, it also goes onto diving with oxy-helium in chapter 18,
something new and not seen in the equivalent UK manual (there was a shortage
of helium at the time I gather and the USA had the monopoly). Other
equipment explained in the manual is the Miller-Dunn shallow water diving
equipment, the Morse shallow water diving equipment and the Ohio Rubber
Compans shallow water diving equipment (resembling a gas mask). Plate
90 in chapter 18 (Deeper Diving by Use of Oxygen-Helium Mixtures)
shows an electrically heated under-suit for diving with oxy-helium mixtures,
it’s powered by six, six volt batteries in series – the start of modern
diving systems? The section also shows the Mk 5 Oxy-Helium helmet
in some detail. Not a manual one would pick up and read cover to
cover but absolutely crammed with useful information for example, there
is a pullout with dimensions and details of how to make a weight belt which
I know several people have done. Replaced by 1952 Diving Manual (NAVSHIPS
250-880). [pt] |
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1948 - DIVERS MANUAL
- U.S.NAVY TRAINING SCHOOL.
Navy Yard Annex, Bayonne,
New Jersey.
This was produced for the
school as a text book and not issued to the fleet as a diving manual. [sm] |
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1952 - U.S. NAVY DIVING
MANUAL (NAVSHIPS 250-880)
U S Navy Department, Bureau
of Ships.
Supersedes 1943 Diving Manual
Soft tan cover, glued and
black tape to spine with 160 printed pages. Dimensions 26 cms tall by 20
cms wide.
This version of the manual
has increased in size but reduced in pages from the previous version in
1943 however, it is still well illustrated with 137 B?W photographs and
diagrams, one of which folds out. Now on glossy paper, the manual
is divided into 9 parts:
1 History and Development
of Diving.
2 Basic Principles of Diving.
3 Diving Equipment.
4 Diving Procedures.
5 Medical Aspects of Diving.
6 Diving with Helium-Oxygen
Mixtures.
7 Summary of Safety Precautions.
8 Diving Accidents.
9 Component Parts of Standard
Diving Equipment. |
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1959 - U. S. NAVY DIVING
MANUAL (NAVSHIPS 250-538)
U S Navy Department, Bureau
of Ships
Supersedes 1952 Diving Manual
(NAVSHIPS 250-880)
Soft tan cover, loose leaf
with a metal sliding clip for removing leaves. Dimensions 26 cms tall by
20 cms wide.
The same dimensions as the
1952 manual but now a lot more pages. There are 4 parts to the manual
and each part is divided into chapters, each of which is extremely well
illustrated:
Part 1 General Principles
of Diving 249 - pages. Illustrated with 61 plates and 34 tables.
Part 2 Surface Supplied
Diving – 99 pages. Illustrated with 84 plates and 1 table.
Part 3 Self Contained Diving
– 72 pages. Illustrated with 54 plates and 5 tables
Part 4 Diving Accessories
– 13 pages. No plates or illustrations.
Part 3 sees the introduction
of SCUBA open circuits regulatorsand re-breathers are discussed; models
like the Lambertson Amphibious Respiratory Apparatus, Pirelli Model LS901,
Drager Model Lt Lund II and the British Clearance Diver Breathing Apparatus
(CDBA)
Replaced by 1963 U S Navy
Diving Manual (NAVSHIPS 250-538) |
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July 1963
- U.S. NAVY DIVING MANUAL (NAVSHIPS 250-538)
Heavy board covers, single
quarto size sheets, bound with two (perhaps also three), flat wire springs
through punched holes; 454 pages, many drawings, chart, mono photographs.
Part 1 - General Principles
od Diving: Introduction to diving; Underwater Physics; Underwater Physiology;
Basic Diving Procedure; Diving Tables: Diving Hazards; General Safety Precautions;
Selection, Qualification and Training (for Navy divers); Reporting; Technical
Information. (Total 248 pages).
Part 2 - Surface Suplied
Diving: History; Equipment; Diving Communications; Diver's Air Suply; Boats
and Floats; Diving Procedures; Dressing the Diover; Descent; Working the
Bottom. It will be appreciated that this section refers to standard dress
‘hard-hat' diving. The section also includes the use of Helium-Oxygen mixtures.
(Total 99 pages).
Part 3 - Self Contained
Diving: Introduction; Techniques; Equipment; Open-Circuit Scuba; Closed-Circuit
Scuba; Semiclosed-Circuit Scuba; Safety Precautions; Emergency Procedures.
(Total 77 pages). [ps] |
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1970 US NAVY DIVING MANUAL
(NAVSHIPS 0994-001-9010)
Navy Department, Washington
DC 20350.
Supersedes 1963 Diving Manual
(NAVSHIPS 250-538)
Pale blue cover, loose leaf
with a metal sliding clip for removing leaves.
Dimensions 26 cms tall by
20 cms wide.
Same size and format to
the 1963 manual but nearly double its size (in pages) now and extremely
well illustrated with photographs, diagrams and tables, some of which fold
out to at least double the size. On the front cover, it now appears
that this manual went on general sale as it states “This document has been
approved for public release and sale; it’s distribution is unlimited” although
there is no indication how much it sold for. The manual is
now divided into 3 parts and has 6 appendix's, labelled “A” to “F”, details
as follows:
1. General Principles of
Diving: 223 pages with 39 diagrams and 34 tables
2. Surface Supplied Diving:
76 pages with 60 diagrams.
3. Self Contained Diving:
62 pages with 36 diagrams.
A. First Aid and Emergency
Procedures: 97 pages with 90 diagrams and 1 table.
B. Technical Information,
Gas Mixing, Gas Analysis and High Pressure Systems: 36 pages with 11 diagrams.
C. Technical Information
on Surface Demand Diving: 23 pages with 15 diagrams and 3 tables.
D. SCUBA Technical Manuals
and Information: 92 Pages with 62 diagrams and 9 tables.
E. Marine Life: 17 Pages
with 12 diagrams and 2 tables
F. Selection, Qualification
and Training Personnel: 32 Pages but no diagrams or tables.
Everything seems to have
expanded now although many of the photographs appeared in previous versions
of the manual. In appendix “D”, there are even full instructions
to service the “Aqua Lung DA Aqua Master” regulator.This manual is absolutely
huge. I didn't realise until I looked at it closer, there are deatils
for servicing and care of scuba stuff as well. [pt],[ps] |
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1973 US NAVY DIVING MANUAL
(NAVSHIPS 0994-001-9010)
See comment below.
From a dealer's description:
Published by U.S.Government
Printing Office, Washington DC, in 1973, in two volumes; no dustjacket.
Volume 1 Air Diving is in a 3-ring binder; Volume 2, Mixed Gas Diving is
a small book of 9 x 11 inches. |
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1975 US NAVY
DIVING MANUAL (NAVSEA 0994-LP-001-9010)
Published by (United States)
Naval Sea Systems Command, Navy Department, Washington; December 1975.
Plain blue plastic covered
three-ring binder; 270mm wide by 310mm. Each sheet 215 x 280mm. In
two parts: Air Diving; Mixed-Gas Diving.
Each section has a tabulated
divider. Many hundreds of pages.
Note the registration numbers
of this 1975 edition, and previous 1973 edition. This is explained on a
single sheet at the beginning of the manual, as follows. The U.S. Navy
Diving Manual NANSHIPS 0994-001-9010, September 1973, has been in circulation
for over a year. During this time, comments and recommendations for change
have been received from the fleet and from other activities, military and
civilian. Additionally, advaancements in diving technology have necessitated
updating certain information so that the manual remains a current, useful
tool for the diver. The recent consolidation of the Naval Ship Systems
Command and the Naval Ordnance Systems Command to form the Naval Sea Systems
Command necessitated a changee in the Diving Manual's designation. Note
that the U.S.Navy Diving Manual is now designated NAVSEA 0994-LP-001-9010.
From a sale notice on
internet:
U.S. Government Printing
Office 1975-01-01 Ring-bound Very Good From a private collection. No writing
or highlighting and the pages are still white. Includes volume 1-air diving
NAVSEA 0994-LP-001-9010 & volume 2-mixed gas diving NAVSHIPS 0994-001-9010.
This ring bound book is a little over 1.5 inches thick. It has 21 tabbed
sections titled history of diving, underwater physics, underwater physiology,
operations planning, scuba diving air, surface supply diving air, air decompression,
diving emergencies, apprendices, index, mixed gas theory, operations planning,
underwater breathing apparatus, surface supply diving mixed gas, deep diving
systems, oxygen diving operations, surface supply decompression, mixed
gas scuba decompression, helium oxygen saturation diving, appendices, index.
D1. [Asking price was around $140 AUD. [ps]
(Image bottom left is of
front page of Part 1).
NOTE: From 1973 the
US Navy Manual was printed as loose sheets in a three-ring binder; each
page is 230 (height) x 165mm. The binder has appeared in two designs, as
shown left and below. I believe that copies may have a different binder
to that of the original, or that the same edition may have both binder
designs - that is is no concern for anyone using the contents. The binder
shown left on my copy of the 1975 may or may not be the original. I believe
the first binder was as shown below for the 1988 edition with the white
central insignia, and when the publishers they ran out of this, they used
the binder with the blue strip. Or could that be the other way around.
Whatever - it does not matter which binder is used - it should not affect
its original and resale value.
Further: A reader has kindly
advised that his copy of the 1975 edition has a binder that is the same
as the 1988 edition below. That I believe is the first and original binder
for the 1975 edition, not the binder that I have, shown above. |
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1985 US NAVY DIVING MANUAL.
Volume 1 Air Diving, Revision
1, date 1 June 1985 Navsea 0994-LP-001-9010, several changes.
Volume 2 Mixed-Gas Diving
, July 1981 Navsea 0994-001-9020. [sm] |
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1988 US NAVY
DIVING MANUAL.
Volume 1 Air Diving, Revision
1, date Rev 2 15 December 1988 and others.
Volume 2 Mixed-Gas Diving
, Rev 2 dated 1 October 1987 Navsea 0994-001-9020. [sm] |
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1990s
US NAVY MANUAL (Revision 4)
Published by Best Publishing
Company, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Comprised two separate volumes,
loose leafed in three-ring binder 25cm (vert), x 23 cm.
US NAVY VOLUME 1 Air Diving.
US NAVY VOLUME 2. Mixed-Gas
Diving.
It would appear that this
was the 4th Revision - according to the publishers and ..... contains
the most up to date decompression tables, and techniques for avoiding decompression
sickness.
(Cover image left, blue,
gold,black).
Note: Vol 1 Rev 2 dated
15 February 1993, with permanent change 1 issued 15 July 1996. Later changes
1997. Navsea 0994-LP-001-9010.
Vol 2 originally issued
15 May 1991, permanent change 2 25 November 1994, change 3 15 May 1996.
[sm]
From Best Publicationns
catalog: The U.S. Navy Diving Manual is the authoritative and comprehensive
source of information for commercial, sport, and military divers. Newly
revised and updated, the Manual describes state-of-the-art technology in
diving and includes major changes in diving equipment, operations, decompression
procedures, and the prevention and treatment of decompression sickness.
Special appendix of formulas and conversion factors, record keeping and
reporting, sea stale chart, diving communication guidelines, ice/cold water
diving operations, qualification and training of diving personnel, and
much, much more. Over 600 pages, illustrated, available with specially
designed and patented binders.
Volume 1: Air Diving • History
of Diving • Underwater Physics • Underwater Physiology • Operations Planning
• SCUBA Air Diving • Surface-Supplied Air Diving Operations • Air Decompression
• Diving Emergencies • And more!
Volume 2: History of Mixed-Gas
Diving • Mixed-Gas and Oxygen Diving Operations Planning • Saturation Diving
• Surface-Supplied Mixed-Gas Diving Operations • Closed Circuit Mixed-Gas
Diving * Purity Standards for Diving Gases • Cylinder Standards |
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2000s U.S.NAVY
DIVING MANUAL (Revisions 5, 6)
U.S.NAVY DIVING MANUAL
Now published (at least
by 2008) by Aqua Press, Essex, UK. Www.aquapress.co.uk
It appears that AquaPress
first published 'Revision 5', then in 2008 published 'Revision 6'.
Both revisions were available
in looseleaf or caebound (hardcover). Hardback, 950 pages.
"For many decades the US
Navy Diving Manual has been the ultimate reference source for the diver.
It is now available for the first time as a complete book. Potential readers
may feel challenged by the sheer size of the work. At over 950 A4 pages
the book is unsurpassed in technical detail and depth. As the ultimate
diving reference work the book contains everything you ever wanted to know
about diving and many aspects that you could never imagine! The manual
is however surprisingly easy to read. The volumes contained in this one
book are as follows:-
Volume 1: Diving Principles
and Policies
Volume 2: Air Diving Operations
Volume 3: Mixed Gas Surface
Supplied Diving Operations
Volume 4: Closed Circuit
and Semiclosed Circuit Diving Operations
Volume 5: Diving Medicine
and Recompression Chamber Operations
These volumes mean that
despite the books size the individual volumes make for user friendly reading.
Each section has been extensively researched and is widely regarded as
the technical standard for diving information and procedures. The manual
is easily referenced and used internationally by recreational, commercial,
and military divers because of its authoritative and approved procedures.
"
Also: United States Navy
Diving Manual, Revision 6 (ISBN: 1598044818 / 1-59804-481-8)
Defense Dept. - U.S. Navy
- Naval Sea Systems.
Claitor's Law Books and
Publishing, 2009. Ring-bound. Book Condition: Brand New. 6th; five-volume
set edition. 992 pages. 11.90x11.50x3.30 inches. |
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U.S.NAVY DIVING
MANUAL
Revised 6th Edition
Published by AquaPress,
UK, 2008
From AquaPress: The
Revised 6th Edition of the United States Navy Diving Manual incorporates
many changes. The first major change is a complete revision of the air
diving procedures and air diving tables in Chapter 9 of the Manual.
“The procedures and tables
are the mature product of ten years of work including testing, rigorous
analysis, and Fleet Diver feedback. The bottom line is that these new tables
and procedures represent a quantum step forward in safe diving practices
and correct identified safety deficiencies in the existing air tables that
have been part of the manual virtually without significant change for fifty
years.” Captain Rich Hooper USN Faceplate Magazine Vol 11 No. 2
The second major change
concerns the operation and procedures of the Oxygen Regulator Control Assembly
(ORCA), a key material element that enables the proper implementation of
the preferred air
diving decompression regime
in the revised Diving Manual: decompression with oxygen. The third addition
is the training requirements for Oxygen Worker Training, a necessary element
for commands to
manage the oxygen systems
which are required for the revised procedures.
For twenty years the US
Navy Diving Manual has been the ultimate reference source for the diver.
AquaPress are pleased to announce the publication of the 6th version of
the US Navy Diving Manual. The US Navy Diving Manual is now available for
the first time as a complete manual. Potential readers may feel challenged
by the sheer size of the work. At over 950 A4 pages the book is unsurpassed
in technical detail and depth. As the ultimate diving reference work the
book contains everything you ever wanted to know about diving and many
aspects that you could never imagine! The manual is however surprisingly
easy to read. One of the reasons for this is that the manual is actually
made up of five individual books or volumes.
The volumes are as follows:-
Volume 1: Diving Principles
and Policies
Volume 2: Air Diving Operations
Volume 3: Mixed Gas Surface
Supplied Diving Operations
Volume 4: Closed Circuit
and Semiclosed Circuit Diving Operations
Volume 5: Diving Medicine
and Recompression Chamber Operations
These volumes mean that
despite the books size the individual volumes make for user friendly reading.
Each section has been extensively researched and is widely regarded as
the technical standard for diving information and procedures.
The manual is easily referenced
and used internationally by recreational, commercial, and military divers
because of its authoritative and approved procedures.
This 6th Revision contains
the most up to date decompression tables, and techniques for avoiding decompression
sickness. This manual is a must for all serious divers.
Price: RRP AquaPress (2016)
$88 English pounds. On internet, second-hand., (2016) $651 AUD
For complete content index
see: https://www.aquapress.co.uk
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U.S.NAVY DIVING MANUAL
(Revision 6)
Published: Military Bookshop,
15 June 2012
Paperback. 994 pages. Dimensions:
11.0in. x 8.6in. x 2.1in.
From sales blurb:
Since the 1950s, the U.
S. Navy Diving Manual has served as the internationally recognized standard
for allowable exposure while breathing compressed air at varying depths.
For many years, the 19561957 Diving Manual air tables also provided the
prescribed decompression schedules for dive profiles that exceeded allowable
exposure limits. Due to concern over unacceptable rates of decompression
sickness and key research on hyperbaric medicine that has developed mathematical
models for gas exchange in human tissues, the U. S. Navy has now totally
revised the Manuals air tables to make use of this valuable new research.
These changes, together with those to the Manuals other sections, represent
the most comprehensive updating of Navy diving procedures since 1956. Among
the key sections affected by this thoroughgoing revision are: Air decompression
definitions; Emergency procedures; Repetitive dives; Variations in rate
of ascent; Surface-supplied mixed gas diving procedures; Diagnosis and
treatment of decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism; Recompression
chamber operation. In addition to these key updates, the Manual provides
extensive information on medical treatment for dive injuries; dangerous,
predatory, and venomous marine animals; and many other topics of interest.
It also includes numerous authoritative charts and tables covering all
aspects of the diving experience. Revision 6 of the U. S. Navy Diving Manual
represents the culmination of extensive research and empirical validation
of its core - the crucial air tables that can mean the difference between
life and death. These tables, as well as the detailed and carefully researched
text, make this latest edition of the Manual an indispensable reference
and instructional source for military and civilian divers alike.
Value at the time (2016)
AUD $330 [ps] |