Compressed Air Work and Diving; A Handbook for Engineers, Comprising Deep Water Diving and the Use of Compressed Air for Sinking Caissons and Cylinders and for Driving Subaqueous Tunnels
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Compressed Air Work and Diving; A Handbook for Engineers, Comprising Deep Water Diving and the Use of Compressed Air for Sinking Caissons and Cylinders and for Driving Subaqueous Tunnels

Compressed Air Work and Diving; A Handbook for Engineers, Comprising Deep Water Diving and the Use of Compressed Air for Sinking Caissons and Cylinders and for Driving Subaqueous Tunnels


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. The Common Diving Dress and Helmet. The first practicable diving dress was invented by Mr Augustus Siebe in the year 1828, and consisted of a helmet and short jacket, coming down to the waist, below which the air escaped after the manner of a diving bell. The inconvenience of this dress is of course apparent, and lies in the fact that the diver cannot stoop to his work, but must for safety remain almost upright. As a result Mr Siebe, whilst engaged on the wreck of the Royal George, invented, in 1839, the closed type of dress, and this dress with very few modifications has remained in use in this country ever since. The dress is made of strong waterproofed canvas in one piece, and the only openings are at the wrists and at the neck, where the breastplate is attached. The wrist-bands are made of stout vulcanised rubber, which, when the diver has the dress on, tightly grip the wrists. The water is prevented from entering when the diver's arms are below the level of the helmet, by the fact that the pressure of the water causes the dress to cling tightly round the diver's arms, and when he raises his arms to the level of his helmet, by the pressure of the air inside the dress. When the diyer lifts his arms up above his head, the sleeves fill with air, and air will escape in bubbles at his wrists. No water can, however, enter, asthe pressure of air in his sleeve is greater than that of the water above his head. The top of the dress is a flat band of vulcanised rubber about in. thick and about 2 in. wide. This band fits over the breastplate, and is secured to it by a metal plate in four pieces. This plate is fastened to the breastplate by twelve studs which pass through it. The rubber band has twelve holes corresponding to the studs. By means of butterfly nuts t...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217463126
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217463126
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr


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