The Heroic Age Of Diving
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The Heroic Age Of Diving
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Author : Jerry Kuntz
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2016-02-09
The Heroic Age Of Diving written by Jerry Kuntz and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-09 with History categories.
A comprehensive history of the first three decades of underwater exploration in antebellum America. Beginning in 1837, some of the most brilliant engineers of Americas Industrial Revolution turned their attention to undersea technology. Inventors developed practical hard-helmet diving suits, as well as new designs of submarines, diving bells, floating cranes, and undersea explosives. These innovations were used to clear shipping lanes, harvest pearls, mine gold, and wage war. All of these underwater technologies were brought together by entrepreneurs, treasure-hunters, and daring divers in the 1850s to salvage three infamous shipwrecks on Lake Erie, each of which had involved the loss of hundreds of lives, as well as the worldly goods of the passengers. The prospect of treasure, combined with the national notoriety of these disasters, soon attracted the attention of local adventurers and the countrys leading divers and marine engineers. In The Heroic Age of Diving, Jerry Kuntz shares the fascinating stories of the pioneers of underwater invention and the brave divers who employed the new technologies as they raced withand againstmarine engineers to salvage the tragic wrecks of Lake Erie. Jerry Kuntz has filled in a previously blank page in the story of divingand done it well. The Heroic Age of Diving tells the story not only of the development of salvage technology but also the human side of this always-dangerous and often-deadly career. This is not a tale for the faint of heart (helmet squeeze is a gruesome fate), but one well worth reading for those interested in early technology and the men brave (or foolish) enough to gamble their lives using it. This book is a window on an unexplored (and unexpected) world, and the author deserves great credit for bringing it back into the light. Chuck Veit, author of Raising Missouri: John Gowen and the Salvage of the U.S. Steam Frigate Missouri, 18431852 The Heroic Age of Diving is both very interesting and very important. Having spent over twenty years researching and publishing general diving history, I am confident that this book will fill an important gap in the nations diving history. Leslie Leaney, Cofounder, Historical Diving Society
The Heroic Age Of American Invention
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Author : Lyon Sprague De Camp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Heroic Age Of American Invention written by Lyon Sprague De Camp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Inventions categories.
The story of thirty-two men who made the modern American era.
Naval History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Naval History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Naval history categories.
Neither Letters Nor Swimming The Rebirth Of Swimming And Free Diving
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Author : John M. McManamon
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-03-01
Neither Letters Nor Swimming The Rebirth Of Swimming And Free Diving written by John M. McManamon and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-01 with History categories.
In "Neither Letters nor Swimming": The Rebirth of Swimming and Free-diving, John McManamon documents the revival of interest in swimming during the European Renaissance and its conceptualization as an art. Renaissance scholars realized that the ancients considered one truly ignorant who knew “neither letters nor swimming.”
The Coming Of Cuculain
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Author : Standish O'Grady
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
The Coming Of Cuculain written by Standish O'Grady and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Cuchulain categories.
Man And The Underwater World
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Author : Pierre de Latil
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
Man And The Underwater World written by Pierre de Latil and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with Deep diving categories.
Thirteen Lessons That Saved Thirteen Lives
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Author : John Volanthen
language : en
Publisher: Aurum
Release Date : 2021-05-11
Thirteen Lessons That Saved Thirteen Lives written by John Volanthen and has been published by Aurum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
READ ABOUT THE HEROIC RESCUE, AS SEEN IN RON HOWARD'S THIRTEEN LIVES, FROM THE MAN AT THE HEART OF THE SEARCH. ‘A profound and thrilling read.’ —COLIN FARRELL ‘Riveting...a powerful story written by a hero who lived it.’ —RON HOWARD, Oscar-winning director of Apollo 13 This is the thrilling account of the dramatic Thai cave rescue which saved the lives of thirteen people, from the diver who led the rescue. In this first-hand account, John Volanthen reveals how he pushed the limits of human endurance in the life-or-death mission to rescue the Thai youth soccer team trapped in the flooded cave. The world held its breath in 2018 when the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach went missing deep underground in the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand. They had been stranded by sudden, continuous monsoon rains while exploring the caves after practice. With torrential rain pouring down and the waters still on the rise, an army of rescue teams and equipment was deployed, including Thai Navy SEALs, a US Air Force special tactics squadron, police sniffer dogs, drones and robots. But it was British cave diver John Volanthen and his partner, Rick Stanton, who were first to reach the stranded team and who played a key role in their ultimate rescue. As John’s light flickered from one boy to another, he called out, ‘How many of you?’ ‘Thirteen,’a boy answered. After 10 days trapped in desperate darkness, the boys and their coach were all alive. Each chapter of Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives tells one part of the edge-of-your-seat mission from Tham Luang but also imparts a life lesson, gleaned from John’s previous rescues and record-breaking cave dives, that can be applied to everyday obstacles and challenges. In this story of breathtaking courage and nerves of steel, John reveals how responding positively to the statement, ‘But I can’t…’ by stating, ‘I can,’ led to one of the most incredible rescues of all time. He hopes that his story will inspire the superhero in you. Meanwhile, he is always on standby for the next rescue.
The Political Theory Of Aristophanes
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Author : Jeremy J. Mhire
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2014-04-09
The Political Theory Of Aristophanes written by Jeremy J. Mhire and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-09 with Philosophy categories.
This original and wide-ranging collection of essays offers, for the first time, a comprehensive examination of the political dimensions of that madcap comic poet Aristophanes. Rejecting the claim that Aristophanes is little more than a mere comedian, the contributors to this fascinating volume demonstrate that Aristophanes deserves to be placed in the ranks of the greatest Greek political thinkers. As these essays reveal, all of Aristophanes' plays treat issues of fundamental political importance, from war and peace, poverty and wealth, the relation between the sexes, demagoguery and democracy to the role of philosophy and poetry in political society. Accessible to students as well as scholars, The Political Theory of Aristophanes can be utilized easily in the classroom, but at the same time serve as a valuable source for those conducting more advanced research. Whether the field is political philosophy, classical studies, history, or literary criticism, this work will make it necessary to reconceptualize how we understand this great Athenian poet and force us to recognize the political ramifications and underpinnings of his uproarious comedies.
The Ice Balloon
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Author : Alec Wilkinson
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-01-24
The Ice Balloon written by Alec Wilkinson and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-24 with History categories.
In this grand and astonishing tale, Alec Wilkinson brings us the story of S. A. Andrée, the visionary Swedish aeronaut who, in 1897, during the great age of Arctic endeavor, left to discover the North Pole by flying to it in a hydrogen balloon. Called by a British military officer “the most original and remarkable attempt ever made in Arctic exploration,” Andrée’s expedition was followed by nearly the entire world, and it made him an international legend. The Ice Balloon begins in the late nineteenth century, when nations, compelled by vanity, commerce, and science, competed with one another for the greatest discoveries, and newspapers covered every journey. Wilkinson describes how in Andrée several contemporary themes intersected. He was the first modern explorer—the first to depart for the Arctic unencumbered by notions of the Romantic age, and the first to be equipped with the newest technologies. No explorer had ever left with more uncertainty regarding his fate, since none had ever flown over the horizon and into the forbidding region of ice. In addition to portraying the period, The Ice Balloon gives us a brief history of the exploration of the northern polar regions, both myth and fact, including detailed versions of the two record-setting expeditions just prior to Andrée’s—one led by U.S. Army lieutenant Adolphus Greely from Ellesmere Island; the other by Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian explorer who initially sought to reach the pole by embedding his ship in the pack ice and drifting toward it with the current. Woven throughout is Andrée’s own history, and how he came by his brave and singular idea. We also get to know Andrée’s family, the woman who loves him, and the two men who accompany him—Nils Strindberg, a cousin of the famous playwright, with a tender love affair of his own, and Knut Fraenkel, a willing and hearty young man. Andrée’s flight and the journey, based on the expedition’s diaries and photographs, dramatically recovered thirty-three years after the balloon came down, along with Wilkinson’s research, provide a book filled with suspense and adventure, a haunting story of high ambition and courage, made tangible with the detail, beauty, and devastating conditions of traveling and dwelling in “the realm of Death,” as one Arctic explorer put it.
Cond Nast S Traveler
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Cond Nast S Traveler written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.