RARE VINTAGE COMMERCIAL DIVING HELMET OIL FIELD DIVER MANUAL 1978

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Welcome to the Crusty Old Diver! A RARE FIND FOR DIVING HISTORIANS AND COLLECTORS "COMMERCIAL OIL FIELD DIVING"Nicholas B. Zinkowski Published by Cornell Maritime Press Inc, 1978. Introduction by W. J. O’Neill Hard cover with plain blue boards, 316 printed pages. The book is divided into 15 chapters starting dealing with various aspects of diving in an oilfield in the early 1970’s. Throughout it is very well illustrated with many black & white photographs and diagrams Chapters are as follows: 1 Diving as a Career. 2 Physics and Physiology 3 Tending and Breaking Out. 4 Diving Equipment. 5 Decompression and Treatment Tables for Compressed Air Diving. 6 Rigging. 7 Burning and Welding Underwater. 8 Use of Explosives. 9 Diving from a Pipe-Lay Barge. 10 Diving from a Pipeline Barge, or Jet Barge. 11 Miscellaneous Diving Applications in the Oilfield. 12 Diving from a Drilling Rig. 13 Mixed-Gas Diving. 14 Diving from a Bell; Saturation Diving; Dry Atmosphere Welding Huts. 15 Diver’s Pay; Unions; Summary of Safety Procedures. In addition, there are two appendix, one bibliography but the second listing diving equipment manufacturers and distributors at the time. This is the 1978 second edition. This revised edition is a larger book than the original with 316 printed pages. Please note our positive feedback over the years... you can always read more

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