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Page 141
... dynamite and various combinations of chemicals such as ammonium nitrate , called blasting agents . Dynamite is almost always made with varying percentages of nitroglycerine and an inert filler or desensitizer such as sawdust . Straight ...
... dynamite and various combinations of chemicals such as ammonium nitrate , called blasting agents . Dynamite is almost always made with varying percentages of nitroglycerine and an inert filler or desensitizer such as sawdust . Straight ...
Page 143
... dynamite has been selected to do the job because of its high brisance or shattering effect . PREPARATION FOR BLASTING The case of dynamite is brought out and placed in the center of the crewboat deck . A jackknife can be used to slit ...
... dynamite has been selected to do the job because of its high brisance or shattering effect . PREPARATION FOR BLASTING The case of dynamite is brought out and placed in the center of the crewboat deck . A jackknife can be used to slit ...
Page 148
... DYNAMITE Dynamite is sometimes used to cut or shear steel underwater , as in the dismantling of a damaged oil - well structure . Dynamite cannot compete economically with the oxy - arc torch or the thermal lance for cutting steel , and ...
... DYNAMITE Dynamite is sometimes used to cut or shear steel underwater , as in the dismantling of a damaged oil - well structure . Dynamite cannot compete economically with the oxy - arc torch or the thermal lance for cutting steel , and ...
Contents
Tending and Breaking Out | 30 |
Decompression and Treatment Tables for CompressedAir Diving | 66 |
Rigging | 109 |
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40 feet air supply ascent attached barge blasting caps boat bolts bottom bubbles buoy burning cable clamp completely compressed compressor crane damage davit deck decompression sickness decompression stops Decompression Table deep depth diameter diver diving bell diving equipment diving hose drilling dynamite electric blasting caps explosives faceplate flange gas embolism hatch helium helium-oxygen helmet hitch hole hook hydraulic impact wrench inches inspection jacket leg jet sled knot lifted lowered mask metal min:sec minutes mixed-gas diving move nitrogen nitrogen narcosis offshore operation oxy-arc partial pressure Photo pipe pipeline pontoon possible Primacord pull recompression chamber repetitive dive riser rope rubber saturation diving shackle shark side slack slings steel submarine sure surface symptoms tape telephone tender tion torch U.S. Navy underwater valve weight belt weight coating weld hut wet suit wrench