 | 1865 - 976 pagina’s
...read with interest : — The mode of operation preparatory to a dive is very peculiar and interesting. The diver whose turn it is, takes his seat on the...attached a rope of the proper length and thickness (1J inch), he then strips and is left by his companions to prepare himself. This seems to consist in... | |
 | 1866 - 900 pagina’s
...support and protection. The mode of operation preparatory to a dive is very peculiar anel interesting. The diver whose turn it is takes his seat on the deck...side a large flat slab of marble, weighing a"bout 2.) Ibs., to which is attached a rope of the proper length and thickness (1 .} inch), he then strips,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1867 - 824 pagina’s
...operation preparatory to a dive is very peculiar and interesting. The diver whose turn it ¡stakes liia seat on the deck of the vessel, at either the bow...by his side a large flat slab of marble, weighing nbout twenty-five pounds, to which is attached a rope of the proper length and thickness (1J inch),... | |
 | 1883 - 460 pagina’s
...not impossibilities. The mode of operation preparatory to a dive is very peculiar and interesting. The diver whose turn it is takes his seat on the deck of the vessel, at either bow or stern, and, placing by his side a. large flat slab of marble weighing about twentyfive pounds,... | |
 | 1885 - 622 pagina’s
...and their lean figures. The mode of operation preparatory to a dive is very peculiar and interesting. The diver whose turn it is takes his seat on the deck...his side a large flat slab of marble weighing about twenty-five pounds, to which is attached a rope of the proper length and thickness (1J in), he then... | |
 | 1867 - 850 pagina’s
...test than that : — " The mode of operation preparatory to a dive is very peculiar and interesting. The diver whose turn it is takes his seat on the deck of the vessel, at either the bow or the stern, and, placing by his side a large flat slab of marble weighing about 25 lb., to which is... | |
 | 1865 - 684 pagina’s
...interesting : the sketch in some degree represents this also. The diver whose turn it ie takes his scat on the deck of the vessel, at either the bow or stern, and, placing by lue side a large flat slab of marble weighing about 25 Ibs., tu which is attached a rope of the proper... | |
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The diver whose turn it is takes his seat on the deck of the vessel, at either the bow or stern, and, placing by his side a large flat slab of marble weighing about... 