The Bends: Compressed Air in the History of Science, Diving, and Engineering - John Phillips - Books - Yale University Press - 9780300071252 - May 25, 1998
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The Bends: Compressed Air in the History of Science, Diving, and Engineering First American edition

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With the invention of compressed air in the 1840s, divers could reach previously inaccessible deep water, but the advances also brought with them the hazards of decompression sickness. This is a history of the wonders compressed air brought about and the suffering the bends inflicted.

262 pages, 47 illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 25, 1998
ISBN13 9780300071252
Publishers Yale University Press
Pages 272
Dimensions 140 × 210 × 21 mm   ·   462 g
Language English  

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