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AQUALUNG DIVING
A Complete and Practical Guide to the Underwater World
Ley Kenyon and Werner de Haas.
First published under the title Tauch Mit by Albert Muller
Verlag, AG, Zurich, 1959. Revised edition 1966. First published in England
by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1970.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 348 pages, 120 drawings and 28
mono photographs.
Covers the usual basic training, physiology and medicine;
chapters on underwater photography, cinematography, underwater archaeoogy,
fish and other inhabitants of the sea, diving clubs.
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B.S.A.C. DIVING MANUAL
The British Sub Aqua Club diving manual, a comprehensive
guide to the techniques of underwater swimming. Published 1976. (Many subsequent
editions, and prhaps earlier too).
Hardcover, 506 pages, photos, line drwings.
From internet:
The book covers topics such as training, psychology of
diving, physics, medical, equipment, techniques, the open water, underwater
activities, public relations, BSAC endorsements.
This is an extraordinary guidebook, a guide to a place
which few people ever see - the underwater world beneath the surface of
the sea. Use this book then as your guide to exploring the fabulous world
underwater, for here is the wisdom of two decades of amateur diving,
all presented in one volume to make your diving interesting, happy, and
above all, safe. |
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COLLINS POCKET GUIDE
TO THE UNDERWATER WORLD
Diving in British and European Waters. Ley Kenyon.
Published in 1956, Collins, London.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 256 pages, many mono plates throughout.
The author is a most experienced British diver who has
worked with Cousteau. Of all the British diving books, this one is perhaps
the best in that it covers a great deal of material particularly on underwater
photography, marine life, and archaeology - but surprisingly short on physics
and physiology. The photographs, particularly of equipment, are interesting.
An importaant contemporary work and still a great read. Of high historic
interest.
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DISCOVERING THE UNDERSEA WORLD.
Lee Kenyon. University of London Press, 1961. |
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DISCOVER UNDERWATER DIVING
Jerry Hazzard
Ward Lock Limited, London, 1979.
Softcover, 120 pages, mono photos, diagrams, sketches,
tables, appenicies, no index.
Another 'how to dive' instructional books from the British,
one of many produced in the 1960s and seventies. The six chpters: Physics
and physiology; Diving equipment; Learning to snorkel dive; Learning to
use the aqualung; Some additional skills; Where to dive;what to do. Jerry
Hazzard wrote an edition of the BSAC manual - this book covers the basics
as expected. A useful book in its time no doubt but as a collectors item,
it has nothing to recommend it. |
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DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!.
A Sport Diver's Guide.
David Hodgson.
First published in Great Britain, 1975, William Luscombe
Publisher Limited, London
A bit of this and a bit off that - with pathetic photographs
(a diver returning to the surface surrounded by bubbles!!!!). The
first section covers the usual equipment and techniques; section two shows
us what we can ddo under the sea - archaeology, photography - and a gazette
of major diving locations - the three pages on Australia are amusing to
say the least; section three tells of the sea and ‘the challengee'. Perhaps
of interst in its day but it adds little knowledge today.
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DIVERS AND DIVING
Reg Valentine.
Blandford Press Ltd. Poole, Dorset, UK. 1981.
ISBN 0 7137 0855 7 (hardcover); 0 7137 1128 0 (paper).
167 pages, colour plates, index, bibliography.
Chapters: The Earliest Divers, The Autonomous Diver and
Frogman, Growth of a New Sport, 20th Century Scientific, Police and Military
Divers, Commrcial Diving, The Future.
Certainly not your run-of-the-mile dive instruction book
- more a history, and a forecast. Very interesting. British based of course.
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EXPLORING UNDER THE SEA
J. Gordon Cook
Abelard-Schuman, London, 1964
Hardcover, dust jacket, 160 pages. |
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GUIDE TO UNDERWATER HUNTING
Simon Codrington.
Adlard Coles, London, 1954. |
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MODERN ADVENTURES UNDER THE SEA.
Patrick Pringle.
First published in Great Britain 1959, George G. Harrap
& Co. Ltd.
Hardcover, no dustjacket my copy (and pribably not at
all as boards are embossed), 240 pages, several scattered mono plates.
Pringle is an author (of several books) rather than a
diver, although he may well have been the latter also. (Does this make
sense?). This is more a history book - on the underwater world - covering
a number of chapters on individual pioneers - such as Williamson,
Wookey (bbet you have never heard of him), Dumas, Boutan and many othrs.
He writes of standard dress, open and closed circuits, human torpedoes,
‘war under the waves'. An excellent read, comparable to the recently released
Stars Under The Sea.
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MORE THAN SKIN DEEP.
Kendall McDonald. 1971. |
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OCCUPATION ADVENTURE
Jim Thorne.
Copyright 1961. First published in Great Britain in 1962,
Rober Hale Limited, London.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 156 pages, several mono plates
throughout.
The fly suggests he is an expert underwater photographer,
and has dived beneath th Antarctic ice, a feat which few persons have achieved.
Diving in Florida, New Zealnd and Antarctica. This is a biography of mild
adventure, an interetsing read but thats as far as it goes. [ps]
Far right jacket -British edition. Right jacket - presum
USA edition.
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Also - The Adventurers Club Edition, 1963. Hardback, dustwrapper,
156 pages, 22 mono photos.
While producing two successful underwater films, the
author provided his own dramatic highspots by riding a nine-foot shark
and a 500 lb. sea turtle. He has speared a barracuda and studied its reactions
at close range, explored an undersea passage with an unknown point-of-no-return,
been trapped on a river bottom with his air supply exhausted and demonstrated
an experimental explosive.On his way to the South Pole, he underwent a
harrowing jungle survival test with The Royal New Zealand Air Force. In
the Antarctic he made a historic dive under the ice in spite of the inconceivable
cold,the darkness and threat of killer whales. |
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SCUBA DIVER
The Path to Underwater Adventure
R.B. Matkin and G.F. Brookes.
First published in 1963 by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers)
Ltd, London.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 152 pages, central mono plates,
and drawings.
The usual equipment, technique etc, plus wreck diving,
salvage and photography. A handy book in its day but of no apparent historic
value.
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See also below - YOUR BOOK OF UNDERWATER SWIMMING |
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SKIN DIVING
Peter Bird.
Published by W.& G. Foyle, Ltd., London 1962.
Hardcover. 92 pages.
Includes: What is Skin Diving?, Snorkelling, Aqualung
Safety, Equipment Maintenance, Fishing and Photography, Clubs and Holiday.
From the blurb: Skin Diving is a relatively new sport
in this country. But the appeal of free swimming, in another more colourful
world, a quiet, restful, almost weightless world, is making it one of our
fastest-growing sports. It
is a thrilling sport, with a spice of "safe" adventure,
and this book shows the beginner just how to go about becoming the efficient,
and complete, under-water swimmer. In addition to the step-by-step instructions,
also included are details showing the range of available equipment, and
the centres in this country and abroad
where it can be used and where expert tuition can be
received.
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SKIN DIVING AND EXPLORING UNDERWATER
John Sweeney.
First published in 1956, by Frederick Muller Ltd, London.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 160 pages, small format, several
mono prints throughout.
The book is dedicate 'To Happy-Bottom' for which the
mind boggles. It would be nice to know just who Mr Sweeney is, but we denied
that privilege. Although the book covers the rudimentss of diver training,
it appears to be more of a personal account of diving, with technique thrown
in. Marginally interesting.
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THE HOW-TO BOOK OF SKIN DIVING AND EXPLORING
UNDERWATER
John Sweeney.
Published by McGraw-Hill in 1955. Many printings; not
sure how many revised editions.
Hardcover, 176 pages and has a photo section.
Would this be the US edition perhaps? |
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SKINDIVING WITH BP
James Gleeson.
Publihed by Kenneth Mason for the BP Retail Market Division
of Shell-Max and BP Ltd, in conjunction with the Scout Association.1972.
Hardcover, 72 pages, mono prints and drawings.
Looks like a handy book for these early ays of sport
diving with nine chapters covering the usually expected subjects.
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SKIN DIVING WITH SNORKEL AND AQUALUNG
Jack Atkinson.
Copyright 1962. Published by W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd,
London.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 96 pages, small format, drawings,
two mono plates.
Covers the usual ‘how to dive' topics. Probably a handy
pocket book in its day.
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Red cover: Paperback, in the 'Pocket Sports' series by
the same publisher. No date. |
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SOUTH FROM THE RED SEA
Haroun Tazieff. Translated by Naomi Lewis.
Edition viewed is The Travel Book Club, London, no date
- probably 1950s.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 212 pages, mono plates in four
sections.
The author was with Cousteau when he explored the Red
Sea, on the Calypso.
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SPEARFISHING IN BRITAIN
Kendall McDonald and Phil Smith |
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SUB-AQUA ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY
Leo Zanelli an George Skuse. |
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SWIMMING FREE
On and Below the Surface of Lake, River and Sea.
Geoffrey Fraser Dutton.
William Heinemann Ltd, London. 1972.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 154 pages, mono prints and a few
colour.
I have no idea what this book is about - and here it
is before me. The fly reads:
'What can we do with ourselves', asks the author,' what
is there to do, once we have gone to the botherof learning to swim?. In
this book he tell us.
Well, thats gratifying. Who is this guy?
Well, he is a doctor, and lives in th Highlands with
wife and three children and is well known in Scottish mountaineering circles
... and 'discovers the best communion of mind and matter when floating
far out on the sun-smacked waves...' There is mention of diving. |
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TEACH YOURSELF UNDERWATER
SWIMMING
Leo Zanelli.
The English Universities Press Ltd, London, 1967.
paperback, 182 pages, mono photo, diagrams, bibliography,
index.
A basic 'how-to-dive' book covering the necessities of
dive intruction.
Chapters include: The Underwater World"; "Getting Started";
Physics and Medical", Essential Equipment"; etc etc etc. Photography, spearfishing,
archaeology and biology are included. Also diving sites and facilities
in England, Scotland and Ireland. Not a classic but of value in its day.
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THE COMPLETE UNDERWATER DIVING MANUAL
David McKay.
David McKay Publishing - 1977 . Hardcover. This text
contrains instruction, scuba training, diving psychology, hydrostatic pressure
and much more concerning underwater diving.
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THE MASTER
DIVER
AND
UNDERWATER
SPORTSMAN
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THE MASTER DIVER AND UNDERWATER SPORTSMAN
Captain T.A. Hampton
First published 1955. Adlard Coles Ltd, Southampton,
in association with George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, and John De Graff,
Inc.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 207 pages, many mono photographs
throughout, and drawings. The author was the Chief Instructor of the British
Underwater Centre at the time. The book is a text to 'Master diver' certificate
level. Current interest is more for the equipment descriptions.
Second edition, published 1962. Adlard Coles Ltd, in
associatiuon with John de Graff (but no mention of George G. Harrap
& Co). The second edition contains 192 pages, less than the first edition,
yet it contains an extra chapter - on Artificial Resperation. [pjs - both
1 & 2 eds, 2 ed without dj]
THE MASTER DIVER AND UNDERWATER SPORTSMAN
T. A. Hampton. Published by Arco - copyright 1970.
Hardback, dustcover, 192 pages, many photographs.Info from eBay: Covers
the use of the three basic types of shallow-water and deep-sea diving apparatus:
aqualung, compressed air apparatus; oxygen rebreathing apparatus, and standard
diving gear. Illustrated with many photographs. Hardback, 192 pages. Published
by Arco - copyright 1970. This must be the US edition. (Red cover above) |
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THE PRINCIPLES OF DIVING
Mark Terrell.
First published 1965. Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd, London
et al.
Hardcover, no dustjacket on review copy, 240 pages, 27
photographs and drawings, 7 tables .
The usual techniques, equipment, physiology; self-contained
equipment, submarine medicine, underwater fishing, seamanship, underwater
work, future development, et al.
Chapters: The Sea as an enviorment, Safety and Communications,
Diving without apparatus, Diving using Surface Air supply, Deep diving
and self-contained equipment, Submarine Medicine, Underwater fishing, Seamanship
and surface navigation, Underwater navigation, searching and surveying,
Underwater work, Future developments.
Would ave beeen a most useful book in its day, with comprehensive
detail on all aspects of basic diving theory and medicine, as well as 'underwater
fishing', seamanship and surface navigation, underwater navigation, underwater
work, and an interesting chapter on 'Future Developments'where the author
writes of being (at the time), on "... the verge of a great advance in
the teachniques that will enable mankind to move with ease and cerrtainty
in the underwater environment". He mentions 'composite diving equipment',
where the 'canister gas supply' is intergrated with the diving suit made
of 'a tough skin' - which is esentialy a dry suit, although we dont have
a integrted suit and air supply as such for sport diving. Yet we do have
rigid articulated suits, or Atmospheric Diving Suit which were around in
the sixties anyway, for commecial use. (Without a dusjacket, there is no
indication as to the authority of Mark Terrell the author but I guess is
he is navy trained.) [cd] |
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THE UNDERWATER BOOK
Edited by Kendall McDonald for the Britih Sub-Aqua Club.
Forward by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh.
Pelham Books Ltd, London, 1968.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 218 pages, mainly mono plates
but some colour,surprisingly no index. This is not a 'how-to-dive' books
which the British are so prolific in producing, but more of a 'diver interest'
book with contribution chapters by several well-known authors: 'The Amateur
Divers of Britain', by Harold Gould; 'Diving with a Purpose', by Alexander
McKee; 'Wreck Diver', by Derek Cockbill; 'Diving in an Effluent Society',
by Dr David Ballamy; 'The Mulberry that Missed the Invasion', by Kendall
McDonald; 'Fortress Under the Sea', by Major Hume Wallace; 'Camera Underwater',
by Horace Dobbs', 'Around Britain Underater', by Leo Zanelli; and 'Diving
into the Future', by Colin McLeod. An appendix 'Where to find the Divers',
lists a number fo clubs and asaociations. It is a most interesting book,
moreso in its ay no doubt, to the qualified
diver. he chaptes are generally written in the first
person and represent the author's actual experiences."Diving underwater
is the answer to the explorer's dream, particularly if he has only modest
means, and since the invention of the aqualung people have flocked to learn
the technique. It has opened up a whole realm of exploration to amateurs
and they hve jumped the chance". HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, 1968.
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THE UNDERWATER HANDBOOK
Edmund Bourke.
Frederick Muller Ltd, London. 1963.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 260 pages, mono illustrations,
glossary, bibliographydeco tbles, index.
I think Burke may be an American, hence its listing in
this section. Maybe I'm wrong. This is a good read, even after forty years.
The history of diving is interesting, and 'The Wirld's best Diving Areas'
is open to debate. Would have been popular book in its day.
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THE UNDERWATER WORLD
The Complete Guide to all phases of safe underwater fun
in oceans, rivers and laakes.
John Tassos.
First printing March 1959, Prentice-Hall, Inc. New Jersey.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 242 pages, two sections of mono
plates.
The book goes beyond the basics of diving instruction
and looks at ‘a new approach to angling' (for example), underwater photography,
‘just looking', wreck exploration, shell collecting - ie, things to do
underwater. Not of particualr historic value. |
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THE WORLD UNDERWATER
Ed. Kendal McDonald, with a foreword by the Prince of
Wales.
First published 1973 by Pelham Books, UK.
Hardback, dustjacket, ilustrated.
"This is the third in the series of thrilling stories
fromthe men who proble into the secrets of the world beneath the sea: divers
from the BSAC and the Royal Navy tell stories of wrecks, icy water and
sharks. |
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THIS IS SPORT-DIVING
TECHNIQUE, A Handbook for Beginners.
Duilio Marcante
First published 1977 by United Nautical Publishers SA,
Basle (Switzerland). British edition same year - Nautical Publishing
Co, publishers, Hampshire, UK - ISBN:0245528628, in conjunction with George
G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1977. Hardcover, 7¾" x 8", with
dust jacket 144 pages. "Sport-Diving involves learning to live, work, and
play in a foreign environment. This book explains, with the aid of full
colour photographs and drawings, the basic techniques for underwater swimming
without equipment, with snorkel gear, and with scuba. Also included are
sections on how to swim correctly, use of fins and other equipment, maintenance
of gear, possible medical problems and first aid. |
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UNDERSEA WORLD. Ley Kenyon. 1956. See
above under COLLINS POCKET GUIDE TO THE UNDERSEA WORLD |
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UNDERWATER DIVING - BASIC TECHNIQUES
Peter Dick and David Sisman
Published in 1986 by Pelham Books Ltd, London. Hardcover,
dustjacket, 144 oages, mono drawings, charts, glossary, index.
"Underwater Diving is presented in two volume: Basic
Techniqiues and Advanced Diving. This first volume introtrocuces the complete
beginner to the sport and takes the novice through all the basic training
up to the following standards - BSAC, SAA, PADI, CMAS. [ps] |
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UNDERWATER DIVING MANUAL
Official Instructions on Underwater Swimming Techniques.
George F. Brookes and Alan V. Broadhurst, First Class
Divers of the British Sub-Aqua Club.
First published privately under the title ‘Diving
Manual' by the BSAC, 1959. This edition 1962.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 240 pages, a few mono photos,
drawings and charts.
Obviously the main training manual for BSAC divers. Covers
the usual equipment, techniques and physiology; also rescue methods, activities.
I'd say there would be quite a few of these around, so its historical value
as a book is limited.
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UNDERWATER SPORT ON A SMALL
INCOME
Barry J. Kimmins.
Hutchinson, London, 1956.
Paperback, 128 pages, mono prints.
This is a new one to me - I had not heard of it before,
which is surprising as it is an English title and Hutchinsons & Co.,
have a Sydney office, so the book should have been distributed in Australia
also - but, perhaps not. It is one of the first of the 'popular' amateur
diving 'how-to' books - popular in the sence that it was readily available
to the British divers at least. The basic equipment is as expected - twin
hose regs, full face mask, small Siebe Gorman Aqualungs, rubber suits and
sweaters. It centres on the activity of spearfishing as would b expected
for the time, but also includes underwater photography which would have
been in its infancy. A quick read shows the book as having been competently
written. It would have been a most useful volume in its day. [ps]
Also came out as a hardcover, exactly same details as
above. It probably has a dustjacket, although I do not have one. [ps] |
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UNDERWATER SWIMMING
Michael Brennan
First published by Arco Publications 1962. (British)
Hardcover, dust jacket, 155 pages, many mono drawings,
eight page centre mono photo spread. (Cover image left dark blue).
A bit of this, and a bit of that.... The fourteen page
chapter on ‘How It All Started' is interesting ... then it gets ino the
basics of diver training. There is even a chapter on dive holidays, and
the diving regulations, clubs and air fill stations in several European
countries. Of moderate historical interest. [pjs]
Also: UNDERWATER SWIMMING. Michael Brennan
(Cover left light blue).
A Mayflower Handbook. This edition published by Mayflower
Books, London, 1970.
Paperback, 140 pages, bibliography, no index, central
mono plates.
The author is apparently a 'well-known actor on the screen,
telvision and the stage, and has written over 200 radio and television
scripts', who learnt to dive in the Bahamas while mking a TV sries. "Underwater
swimming and diving is a mrvellous spor, but unless you know and obey the
rules, it can be deadly danerous. This book gives you the rules". I am
not sure where this book fits in to the grand scheme of underwater diving
education, entertainment or encouragement. It is not simply a 'how-to-dive'
book, although in its day, one would have learnt much from the test. Much
of it is written in first person, with many "I"s and "me"s, but this serves
to make the book easier (and more interesting) to read - its always good
to get a 'feel' for the author's personaility. Chapters include "Protective
clothing, how to make your own"; "Going on your first dive", "So, you're
a diver now!"; "Archaeology and treasure hunting"; and Diving holidays".
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UNDERWATER SWIMMING.
H.E.Dobbs.
A Collins Nutshell Book. William Collins Sons & Co,
London and Glasgow, 1966. Hardcover, dust jacket, 160 pages, mono prints
and drawings. A concise book, obviously, covering 'Early Aquaphiles', diving
physics, snorkel diving, the underwater hunter, Aqualung diving, diving
expeditions, underwater photography, home-made equipment, and underwater
science.
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UNDERWATER SWIMMING -
AN ADVANCED HANDBOOK
Edited Leo Zanelli
Approved by the Britsih Sub-Aqua Club.
Kaye and Ward Ltd, London, 1969.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 128 pages, drawings, a few mono
photographs, no index.
Beyond a basic 'how-to-dive' book, it covers a number
of interesting and 'advanced' diving chapters by a number of authors.
'gas Mixtures', by R.J. Walsingham; 'The Scuba Unit' by R.R.B.Collins;
'Drugs and Diving', by K.H.Moncad; 'The Air Supply', Chapman and Freeman;
'Underwater Work' by Mark Terrell, 'Echo Siunders' by J.C.Lawson; 'Metal
Location' by L.J. Gascoyne; 'Diver Transport Vehicles' by George Cooke;
'Underwater Communication' by A.R.Parker.
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Newnes Complete Guide to
UNDERWATER SWIMMING
Guy Poulet and Robert Barincou.
First published in France under the title, 'Connaissance
et Technique de la Plongee', by Editions Doneul, Paris, 1962.
This edition by George Newnes Lts, London, 1964.
Translater from the French by Douglas Burton. English
technical adviser: Mike Busuttili.
Hardcover, dustjackt, 310 pages, mono prints with some
colour, charts, drawings, dive tables, translation of diving words into
several other languages.
Contains the usual instruction for recreational scuba,
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YOUR BOOK OF UNDERWATER SWIMMING
R.B.Matkin & G.F.Brookes. Faber & Faber
Ltd.,London. 1966.
Hardcover, laminated board covers, 86 pages, mono photographs
and drawings, no index.
This title was published after their 1963 book Scuba
Diver', and is larger and printed on better quality, gloss paper. It is
one of the "Your Book Series' of publications which include everything
from Acting to Wild Flowers - and Space Travel - a series dedicated to
the young reader. How this book differs from 'Scuba Diver' I cannot be
bothered to find out, but it appears to be your usual 'how to dive' book,
with the usual chapters on equipment, technique, and physiology - plus
'Dangers in Diving'; 'When and Where to Dive (UK of course); Spearfishing
and Photography; Life Saving and "What Next in Diving". The later
chapter, of just two pages, mentions living under the
sea in the future, .... " Small towns and even large cities may one day
be constructed on the sea-bed. A series of igloo-type buildings able to
withstand the great pressures of the water could be connected by roads
laid in strong metal tubes. Through air-locks, people in aqualungs will
be able to leave these cities to explore the seas, farm the sea-bed, collect
and process plankton. They may even heard large mammals like the whale
into pens and extract from them the milk they produce, just as farmers
milk their cows".
Rest assured that the dairy farmers that surround my
country town have not rushed to take up 'aqualung' diving in the anticaption
of this event! But the final coment from the authors is well worth repeating:
"The undersea world hs beauty, mystery and a store of wealth for those
who seek a new spirit of adventure".How true. [cd] |
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YOUR GUIDE TO UNDERWATER
ADVENTURE
Peter Small.
Lutterworth Press, London, 1957. |
