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DIVING or an Attempt to Describe Upon Hydraulic and Hydrostatic Principles a Method of Supplying the Diver with Air Underwater

Author - Horatio Gates Hough

Date - 1813

Edition - First

Extremely rate single sheet pamphlet by Horatio Gates Hough. Uncut, unmarked and in original condition.

Price - £450

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True Stories of H. M. Ship Royal George

Author - Henry Slight

Date - 1841

Ryde, Isle of Wight: Printed and Published by E. Hartnall, Arcade, 1841. 120 pp., engrv. frontis + 3 other engrv. plates. Bound in wooden boards from the timbers taken from the wreck of the ROYAL GEORGE ; calf spine ; gilt ; a.e.g. 9 x 5cm. The ROYAL GEORGE was a 1st Rate ship-of-the-line of 100 guns and her construction began at Woolwich in 1746 when she was laid down as the ROYAL ANNE ; her name being changed ten years later. The ROYAL GEORGE knew the sounds of battle and served as flag ship to some of the greatest admirals of her day : Lord Anson, Admiral Boscawen, Lord Rodney and Lord Hawke being among them. In 1782 she was performing this role for Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, lying off Spithead, when five or six hundred men went over to her larboard side to fetch up the guns, but the larboard lower deck ports had been left open, resulting in the sea rushing in and very quickly turning the ship over and taking many of her crew (and a number of women on board) to the bottom. In 1834 a dive was made on her wreck and over the next few years, into the 1840s, several salvage operations recovered artefacts and pieces of timber – a portion of the latter used by Henry Slight to bind his books published in several editions during the early 1840s. The book contains a history of the ship, descriptions of her tragic loss, and accounts of the diving operations upon the wreck. The book is illustrated with four engravings, bound in salvaged timber.

Price - £200

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Deep Diving and Submarine Operations

Author - Sir Robert H. Davis

Date - 1935

Edition - 4th Part 1 only

4th Part 1 only, Published by Siebe Gorman & Co., Part 1 only, Contains the technical section; diving techniques, dress, operation, equipment, bells, breathing apparatus, work, submarine escape etc. 510pp. 18x25c. profusely illustrated, contents thumbed, generally good, no dustwrapper

£150

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Basic SCUBA

Author - US Military Academy, West Point, New York

Date - 1970s

Extremely rare basic SCUBA instructor handbook from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Office of Physical Education, Department of Tactics. Unmarked and in original condition, illustrated throughout, undated but post 1972

Price - £100

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