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ADVANCED
WRECK DIVING
Gary
Gentile.
Softcover,
136 pages, mono.
The
Advanced Book covers wreck penetration, deep diving procedures, decompression,
artefact recovery, preservation and restoration, photography and research.
There is also an interesting section on catching lobsters - why I have
no idea.
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APPLICATION
OF ENRICHED AIR MIXTURES (THE)
Edward
A. Betts.
A4
size, 128, comb-bound, still board covers.
Designed
to be used as a training guide, the manual is a comprehensive guide to
the use of oxygen-enriched air in diving. Chapters on development and use
of enriched air mixtures, safety, pathophysiology of oxygen.
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BASIC
DECOMPRESSION THEORY AND APPLICATION.
Bruce
R. Wienke.
Hardcover,
316 pags, many many calculations.
The
2nd Edition has been extended and updated with new material. It takes all
rudiments of decompression theory and phase mechanics to considerable depth,
while focusing on diving applications in a historical perspective. The
targeted audience is the commercial diver, hyperbaric scientist, doctor,
technical diver, and instructor. Recent developements in diving tables,
decompression meters, and decompression management software are presented.
The 1st Edition of this publication was a sellout; second edition is much
more detailed, and comprehensive.
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BASIC
DIVING PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS.
Bruce
R.Wienke.
Softcover,
320 pages.
The
author is section head in the Applied Theoretical Physics Division of the
Los Alamos National Laboratory, and has a Masters in nuclear physics. The
book covers more than just the basics and would be useful for all instructors,advanced
divers, and commercial and professional divers. Topics include the usual
theory of diving physics but also extends deeper into molecular transactions
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COMMERCIAL
DIVER TRAINING MANUAL. New 5th edition.
Developed
by the training departments of four leading commercial diving schools in
the USA, specifically to enrich the trainee's classroom exercises and the
applied phases of practical surface-supplied air diver training. Supplements
the U.S. Navy Diving Manual and other textbooks. A superb training maanual
for comercial and industrial divers. Used extensively in Australia for
training to Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme standards where diving
is used in the workplace. Approx 400 pages.
With
stiff board covers in large metal spiral-type binding. |
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DEEPER
INTO DIVING. Second Edition.
John Lippmann and Dr. Simon
Mitchell.
Softcover, 512 pages,
mono prints, charts, tables.
The first edition of this
excellent book was published in 1990. This second edition is a complete
re-write for the the experienced diver, the technical diver, dive instructor,
other professionals using diving skills, and the diving doctor. It contains
a mass of information on a wide variety of data that is not readily available
in general diving texts. This book goes beyond the basics, hence its well
rspected status into providing insight into diving physiology and various
physical and medical aspects of deeper diving. Divided into four
sections: 1 - Physical, sensory, physiological. 2- Decompression systems.
3- Altitude considerations. 4- Technical and occupational diving. Appendices
include the US Navy air diving tables, the Canadian DCIEM tables and the
Buhlmann High Altitude tables. Instructor/author Stan Bugg writes, "I have
read it virtually from cover to cover, and it is excellent value. It is
concisely expressed, with a lot of complicated concepts explained simply,e.g.
bubble formation, VPM, RGBM, origins of various deco algorithms. It is
a very good summary of current thinking on deep diving." |
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DIVING
IN HIGH RISK ENVIRONMENTS
Steven
Barsky.
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Softcover,
254 pages, many mono photographs and drawings.
This
is an important book for the professional diving in unusual commercial
circumstances. Chapters cover diving in contaminated waters, be it due
to explosives, natural bacterias, chemicals, poisons or even nuclear wastes.
It thus concerns itself with totaly body-enclosed suits and helmets, and
various surface-supplied and self-contained breathing equipment. (There
is an extensive section on a range off commercial face masks). Dive planning
and technique is covered in some detail. The author is an ex North
Sea diver. The book is accepted as the standard on the subject. Covers
the use of full-face masks, wireless communication, surface-supplied diving,
dry suits, contaminated water diving and diving in extreme conditions.
This greatly revised fourth edition has more than forty pages than the
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF UNDERWATER INVESTIGATIONS.
Robert
Teather, Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
This
is a specialist book directed at police officers, the military, insurance
investigators and anyone concerned with search and rescue. To the layman
the photographs may have a morbid fascination but this is not a book for
the casual diver - although it does give a detailed explanation as to what
to expect and what to do in the case of marine deaths. Chapters such as
Drowning - What Really Happens; Body Recovery; Scuba Fatality - Accident
Investigation - are important knowledge for the dive leader but the remaining
information is the prerogative of the qualified investigator: Investigation
of Death; Recovery of Skeletal Remains; Firearms, Aircraft, Vehicle Recovery;
Court testimony, Collection and Types of Evidence. A valuable book for
the professional. Metal spiral bound, board covers, A4 size, 185 pages,
many colour photographs and diagrams. |
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INTERNATIONAL
BOOK OF MIXED GAS DIVING.
Theory,
Technique, Application.
Heinz
K.J. Lettnin.
Based
on the training activities of the personnel at GKSS Research Centre Geesthact.
Decompression and treatment procedures comprise a large part of the book.
Only technical methods, not medical issues, are included. The book is directed
to professional diving and offshore personnel as well as anyone intersted
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INTRODUCTION
TO NITROX
Dick
Rutkowski.
A4
size, 50 pages, board covers.
What
is Nitrox and who should use it. Explains the use of nitrogen-oxygen mixtures
for the sport diver in simplified terms, covering physics, physiology and
safety. An excellent guide to assist the diver in the decision to go onto
Nitrox.
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MASTERING
REBREATHERS - UNDERSTANDING REBREATHERS
Jeffrey
E. Bozanic
Hardcover
(laminated boards), 548 pages, full colour throughout, many charts and
tables.
Fourteen
chapters and fourteen appendicies cover, I presume, all tyere is to known
of rebreather systems. Not being personally familiar with the equipment
(I am too old and too committed to the desk to learn), I can only take
advice from others more experienced than I, and to this end, the author
has produced an excellent book. Subject matter includes the equipment,
diving physics and physiology, dive preparation and technique, post-dive
procedures, maintenance, emergency procedures, and an interesting chapter
on travel - ‘when travelling by camel, be sure breathing hose ports are
blocked to prevent fleas from entering brathing loop' - fair dinkum. A
must-read for anyone into technical diving, which seems to be the way to
go nowadays, if you can afford it.
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PHYSICS
FOR COMMERCIAL DIVERS
Paul
Williams.
Softcover,
large A4 size, 204 pages.
Covers
direct equations and tables for all aspects of commercial diving, but predominantly
gas physics, use of mkixed gases, cmaber operation, diving bells, and a
section on lifting (weight and thrust). The chapter ‘Physics of Disaster'
covers brath holding, bad air, vhamber blow up and down, fire. Twelve Appendicies
provide equations and tables.
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PRIMARY
WRECK DIVING GUIDE
Gary
Gentile.
Softcover,
160 pages, colour.
The
Primary book is aimed at the general sport diver who likes to dive on shipwrecks,
and includes such topics as the anatomy of a shipwreck, equipment and gearing
up, physical protection, the art of shipwreck diving, photography, stings
and things, survival aat sea, medical, and - a chapter on women divers. |
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RECREATIONAL
NITROX DIVING.
Robert
N. Rossier.
Softcover,
82 pages, mono prints.
An
excellent authoritative primer into the subject, with coverage of physics
and physiology, oxygen toxicity and limits, safety and procedures, equipment,
and planning. Includes latest NOAA oxygen limits. This book will give you
the necessary introduction to Nitrox diving which is not of course a subsstitute
for professional training.
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RECREATIONAL
NITROX GAS BLENDING MANUAL
Bart
Bjorkman.
Specifically
for those involved in mixed gas blending with three objectives - to direct
the operator in the safe methods of blending Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx),
to inform the user as to what types of blending systems are currently available,
and to provide the best return on investment for your situation. As more
divers understand the benefits of using nitrox, the need for a rady supply
of the gas mix increases. Chapters include: Oxygen, Oxygen Cleaning, Oxygen
Compatitbl Air, Gas Blending Methods, Gas Mixing Formulae. Includes a Nitrox
Partial Prssure Fill Chart. |
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REDUCED
GRADIENT BUBBLE MODEL IN DEPTH.
Bruce
R. Wienke.
Hardcover,
96 pages, many charts and calculations.
The
intent of this book is to present a working view of the reduced gradient
bubble model (RGBM), decompression mechanics, and applications to technical
diving. It is directed to the reader with some rudimentary understanding
of decompression. Some have called it a revolution in modern diving. The
RGBM has already gained widespread acceptance and popularity with growth
in prominence, particularly in the deep, decompression, and mixed gas sectors.
This is due to released Tables (NAUI's), meter implementations, computer
software, testing, validation, and wholesale positive results and feedback
by real divers across all venues.
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SCIENTIFIC
DIVING TECHNIQUES
A
Practical Guide for the Research Diver.
John
N. Heine.
Seven
chapters and appendicies covering General Scientific Diving Guidelines,
Aquatic Habitats and Ecosystems, specialised equipment, locating, mapping
sites, mesuring physics, biotic factors and sampling, undrwater photography.
Obviously for the professional scientific and research diver working on
marine science related prrojects. Hardcover, laminated boards, 226 pages,
full colour throughout.Extensive bibliography at end of each chapter.
Available
but check price first: around $100.
Also
available:
SCIENTIFIC
DIVING - A GENERAL CODE OF PRACTICE
Edited
by N.C.Fleming and M.D.Max. Important text. British authors. |
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TECHNICAL
DIVING FROM THE BOTTOM UP
A
Guide to Advanced Diving Techniques. Kevin Gurr.
Forewords
by Richard Pyle and Tom Mount.
The
author is a a leading technical diving, the first outside the USA, (he
is based in the UK), and internationally recognised for his technical expertise,
dive leadership, and engineering design. His involvement with early rebreather
systems led to the production of the world's first mixed-gas dive computer.
The book, which has become a technical standard for mixed-gas and rebrather
equipment, contains chapters on phychology, equipment, gases, gas properties
and mixing, the maths required, ‘skills and drills', respiratory system
and the body, decompression, dehydration and thermal considerations, diver
propulsion vehicles, operationa; safety, rebreathers... and many many more.
A most important work for the dedicated technical diver - which means all
technical divers.
Softcover,
252 pages, large A4 size, mono and colour prints. |
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TECHNICAL
DIVING IN DEPTH.
Bruce
R.Wienke.
Hardcover,
428 pages, many mono photos, drawings, graphs and charts.
Don't
even think of this book unless you have a pretty good knowledhe of mathematics.
It is aimed at the very serious technical and commercial diver, instructors
and physicians, engineers and bilogists. Topics include thermodynamics,
pressure and density, gass kinetics, free and dissolved phase transfer,
enerygy and maatter interactions, nucleation and cavitation, oxygen dose
mixtures, buoyancy, maladies and drugs, waves and currents, oceanography
and geophysics, solar energy and radiaation - and much more. Good grief,
if we had to know all of this there would be very few recreational divers
around.
Hardcover,
428 pages, many mono photos, drawings, graphs and charts. |
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THE
INTRODUCTION TO ENRICHED AIR DIVING
Edward
A. Betts.
A
manual to provide the knowledge and technology necessary to use (oxygen)
enriched air mixtures. In terms of the physical size of the book, the cost
seems excessive, but it sells in the US for $43.00 US dollars so I suppose
it is the information that you pay for. A4 size, 64 pages. |
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THE
PROFESSSIONAL DIVER'S HANDBOOK - Third Edition, 2011.
Editor John Bevan. Produced
by Submex, the international underwater consultancy company.
Limp-bound, heavy plastic
sleeve protection, A4 size, 370 pages, numerous diagrams, some colour in
charts, index, glossary.
Not being a commercial diver,
I can only rely on comment from those who are better familiar with the
value of its content. Considering the publisher and author, that in itself
is adequate endorsement, but its acceptance by professional divers is a
better indication. The fifteen sections cover such topics as offshore diving,
inspection diving, applied techniques, operational equipment, submersibles,
chamber operation, explosives, gas analysis and hazards, diving equipment,
communications, marine fouling, navigation, weather and sea, health and
safety, rescue, regulations et al. The line drawings are detailed and provide
excellent examples of the instruction provided. A valuable text for all
commercial divers, and those interested in taking up the profession.
Note: The first edition
of this authoritive book was published by Submex in 1982, with editor David
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THE
SIMPLE GUIDE TO REBREATHER DIVING.
Steve
Barsky, Mark Thirlow and Mike Ward.
Softcover,
228 pages, colour.
Includes
both semi-closed circuit and full closed circuit systems. Rebreathers are
not new, but their use for sport divers has only gained interest in the
past few years. As Barsky indicated in large letters, "Diving with a rebreather
presents more risks than diving with open circuit equipment", and goes
on to indicate those risks, whilst educating and encouraging the use of
the equipment in well trained hands. This book is not a ‘do-it-yourself'
kit, and the use of rebreathers should only be after adequate classroom
and ocean training. Subjects covered include a brief history (fascinating),
applications, hazards, equipment - full closed and semi-closed; and even
tips for the buyer. An absolute must for anyone, particularly the instructor
and advanced diver, wishing to keep up to date with new (and enhanced)
technology.
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THE
TECHNICAL DIVING HANDBOOK.
Gary
Gentile.
Technical
diving has come of age. Underwater explorers can now share the benefits
of space-age spin-off hardware and developing decompression methodologies.
The present volume incorporates recent innovations that were unavailable
until only a few years ago. Acquaint yourself now with such new and exciting
devices as the programmable nitrox wrist decompression computer, the personal
computer interface, the hoseless pressure gauge, a heads-up mask display,
decompression software for laptops, a submersible electric heating pad,
and more. Also included in this handbook are equations and tips for blending
nitrox, trimix, heliox, and heliair; instructions on how to build an in-water
oxygen decompression station; the procedures and the chemicals needed to
clean tanks, valves, and regulators for oxygen service; and a complete
chapter on how to plan and conduct expedition style mix-gas diving operations.
Large Format, 192 pages, 125 color photos, 12 tables, 12 equations, fully
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THE
TECHNICAL GUIDE TO GAS BLENDING.
Nicos
Raftis.
Softcover,
160 pages, mono photographs and charts.
This
book assists in evaluating and selecting the most appropriate blending
method; the planning and execution of blending, the preparation of equipment,
and safety aspects. ‘The author takes a scientific approach in every logic,
explaining the subject matter from first principles. Long-standing, erroneous
assumptions are challenged and critical thinking is encouraged throughout
the text'. Sections include the responsibility of the gas blender, establishing
a station, generating clean air, mixing procedures and gas analysis, trimix
blending.
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ULTIMATE
WRECK DIVING GUIDE
Gary
Gentile. |
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