 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1905 - 1058 pages
...admitted ; " yet they are insignificant compared with that deadly enemy of the scaphander* — divers' paralysis. Why, out of the seven hundred scaphanders...industry. On the other hand, there have been captains from JEgma who have been in business fifteen years and have never lost a diver. With those two vessels in... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - Europe - 1905 - 720 pages
...us. We are told that " out of the seven hundred scaphanders (divers equipped with helmet and tube) working on this coast, from sixty to a hundred die...year, and sooner or later hardly a man escapes from divers' paralysis." The greatest danger is in the rapid ascent, producing sudden relief of pressure.... | |
 | Albert Shaw - American literature - 1906 - 1288 pages
...Tripoli. We are told that "out of the seven hundred scaphanders (divers equipped with helmet and tube) working on this coast, from sixty to a hundred die...year, and sooner or later hardly a man escapes from diver's paralysis." Tim greatest danger is in the rapid ascent, producing sudden relief of pressure.... | |
 | George Hubbard Blakeslee, Granville Stanley Hall, Harry Elmer Barnes - International law - 1912 - 538 pages
...toll of human lives through that deadly enemy of the scaphander [helmeted diver]—diver's paralysis. Out of the seven hundred scaphanders working on this...hardly a man escapes from it in one form or another. These conditions are due, in great part, to the ignorance and brutality of the men engaged in the industry.... | |
 | History - 1912 - 540 pages
...of human lives through that deadly enemy of the scaphander [helmeted diver] — diver's paralysis. Out of the seven hundred scaphanders working on this...hardly a man escapes from it in one form or another. These conditions are due, in great part, to the ignorance and brutality of the men engaged in the industry.... | |
 | Albert Shaw - American literature - 1906 - 1476 pages
...Tripoli. We are told that " out of the seven hundred scaphanders (divers equipped with helmet and tube) working on this coast, from sixty to a hundred die...year, and sooner or later hardly a man escapes from diver's paralysis." The greatest danger is in the rapid ascent, producing sudden relief of pressure.... | |
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Out of the seven hundred scaphanders working on this coast, from sixty to a hundred die every year, and, sooner or later, hardly a man escapes from it in one form or another. 