diving manual
1United States Navy Diving Manual — The United States Navy Diving Manual (ISBN 1 930536 29 1) describes the procedures and diving equipment used by divers of the United States Navy, a leader in the development of diving and underwater operations. External links* [http://www.supsalv …
2Diving regulator — and Octopus Other names Demand valve Uses Reduces pressurized breathing gas to ambient pressure and delivers it to the diver Inventor Manuel Théodore Guillaumet (1838), Benoît Rouquayrol (1860) …
3Diving chamber — The decompression chamber at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab A diving chamber has two main functions: as a simpler form of submersible vessel to take divers underwater and to provide a temporary base and retrieval system in the depths; as a land or ship …
4Diving suit — Two divers, one wearing a 1 atmosphere diving suit and the other standard diving dress, preparing to explore the wreck of the RMS Lusitania, 1935 A diving suit is a garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment.… …
5Diving support vessel — DSV Skandi Achiever in Aberdeen A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects.[1] Commercial Diving Support Vessels emerged during the 1960s and 1970s when the need arose for …
6Diving at the 2011 Pan American Games — Diving at the XVI Pan American Games Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center Dates October 26 – October 29 Competitors 60 from 10 n …
7Diving watch — Omega Seamaster model 2220.80, with a water resistance of 300 m (1,000 ft). The second crown (at 10 o clock) is a helium release valve. A diving watch is a watch designed for underwater diving that features, as a minimum, a water… …
8Manual communication — Pupils in a traditional classroom situation signal to their teacher that they want to be heard …
9Decompression (diving) — Divers decompressing in the water at the end of a dive Decompression in the context of diving derives from the reduction in ambient pressure experienced by the diver during the ascent at the end of a dive or hyperbaric exposure and refers to both …
10Scuba diving — Not to be confused with Self contained breathing apparatus, which describes breathing sets used out of water. Scuba diver Scuba diving ( SCUBA originally being an acronym for self contained underwater breathing apparatus, now widely considered a… …
