The Bends

Compressed Air In The History Of Science, Diving, And Engineering

by John Phillips
language: english
Publisher: Yale University Press, June of 1998 ‧
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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.

The Bends

Compressed Air In The History Of Science, Diving, And Engineering

by John Phillips

Property Description
ISBN: 9780300071252
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date: June of 1998
Language: English
Dimensions: 140 x 210 x 23 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Format: Book
Collection: Yale Historical Publications Series
Categories: Books in English > Medicine > Physiology
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780300071252

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Phillips

John Phillips estudou História da Antiguidade e Arqueologia na Universidade de Birmingham, Inglaterra, após o que trabalhou como arqueólogo no Ironbridge Gorge Museum, em Shropshire. Actualmente é escritor, editor e crítico, especialista em obras de não-ficção para jovens. Já escreveu mais de cem livros sobre a Segunda Guerra Mundial, os vitorianos, piratas, biografias, civilizações da Antiguidade e muitos outros temas.

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