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    Standard diving dress, also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment, deep sea diving suit or heavy gear, is a type of diving suit that was formerly used...
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    waterproof suit to the helmet and in the early 19th century became the standard diving dress. Limitations in the mobility of the surface-supplied systems encouraged...
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    also incorporate a breathing gas supply (such as for a standard diving dress or atmospheric diving suit), but in most cases the term applies only to the...
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    Surface-supplied diving is a mode of underwater diving using equipment supplied with breathing gas through a diver's umbilical from the surface, either...
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  • Skindiving (redirect from Skin diving)
    breath-hold underwater diving Scuba diving, as distinct from the use of standard diving dress (old usage dating from before drysuits and wetsuits were commonly...
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    modern equivalent of the historic "standard diving dress". The usual meaning of diving helmet is a piece of diving equipment that encases the user's head...
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  • one-piece garment. Dress may also refer to: Clothing in general Costume, fancy dress Standard diving dress, the old heavy canvas diving suit with a large...
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    use of standard diving dress with the traditional copper helmet. Hard hat diving is any form of diving with a helmet, including the standard copper helmet...
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    Dräger (company) (category Underwater diving engineering)
    heavy diving equipment in the early 20th century, including helmets and diver's air pumps. In 1912 Drägerwerk developed standard diving dress which did...
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    occupation. ama (海女) – a sea-diving fisherwoman ama (海士) – a sea-diving fisherman ama (海人), kaijin (海人) – a sea-diving fisherperson of either gender...
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    swimming underwater; but the usual way to work underwater was in standard diving dress, breathing open circuit surface-supplied air. (Draeger and Mark...
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    Diver's pump (redirect from Diving pump)
    operated low pressure air compressor used to provide divers in standard diving dress with air while they are underwater. Rotary pumps are driven by a...
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    diver Standby diving – Diving as a safety attendant to the working diver Standard diving dress – Copper helmet with rubberised canvas diving suit and weighted...
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    Sea, four divers were in a diving chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell. The divers were Edwin...
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    An atmospheric diving suit (ADS), or single atmosphere diving suit is a small one-person articulated submersible which resembles a suit of armour, with...
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    Cave-diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves. It may be done as an extreme sport, a way of exploring flooded caves for scientific investigation...
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    underwater diving. The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be...
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    Navy Diving Manual indicates that ascent rates greater than about 20 m/min (66 ft/min) when diving increase the chance of DCS, while recreational dive tables...
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    Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and...
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    Commercial diving may be considered an application of professional diving where the diver engages in underwater work for industrial, construction, engineering...
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    Professional diving is underwater diving where the divers are paid for their work. Occupational diving has a similar meaning and applications. The procedures...
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    A diving team is a group of people who work together to conduct a diving operation. A characteristic of professional diving is the specification for minimum...
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    assignment at the Naval Coastal System Command, she was designated a Basic Diving Officer. She next reported to the Naval Air Training Command, where she...
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    Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. Elsner R (September 1989). "Perspectives in diving and asphyxia". Undersea Biomedical Research. 16 (5): 339–44. PMID 2678664...
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    sometimes called the boating and diving course. It lasts eight weeks and covers specialist maritime skills such as canoeing, diving, boating, underwater navigation...
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    Diving equipment, or underwater diving equipment, is equipment used by underwater divers to make diving activities possible, easier, safer and/or more...
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    Siva Surface-supplied diving equipment Air line Diver's umbilical Diving air compressor Gas panel Hookah Scuba replacement Snuba Standard diving dress...
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    personnel Fitness to dive assessment Fitness to dive standards (professional and recreational) Diving accidents Diving incidents and accidents Emergency medical...
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    on-screen presenter due to difficulties in speaking to a camera through diving apparatus, but asked Attenborough to narrate the films. The same team reunited...
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    used for shallow water diving. In 1912 the German firm Dräger began mass production of their own version of standard diving dress with the air supply from...
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