The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-25
Recent Improvements in Deep-Sea Di0ing.

MUST ALL THE MILLIONS of dollars that lie at the bottom
the sea of ships their sunken treasure be for
ever the word the vessels that have been sunk
whether by accident in the course OF the present war ne IN com
paratvey shallow many of them at depth of less than
800 feet and problem their recovery does not entirely
hopeless in the light of recent improvements in deepSea diving
and the eas accomplished by the expert divers OF the u navy
The the subject of article the current number OF
the Bulletin Of the Pan American Union Washington d. C. In
discussing the organization OF companies IN the Hned states
whose purpose the recovery of of the wealth now lying
in the oceans depth, the writer states: ,..
that the project SunKen SS
the the that have down with them
more feasible now than it was only four or Te years ago.
that is possible for diver to operate for limited me
even at great depth feet below the surface These i'm
largely due to the remarkable In deep
diving conducted under the auspices of the Bureau OF Con-
1914 Prior to this time the greatest depth reached by
divers 20 feet English officers having accomplished tat
For the benefit of those who do not appreciate the
culy Of diving such depths may be stated that at depth
inch of surface of the body submerged This increases
proporionate and depth of 100 feet it has increased to
pounds and at depth of 800 feet to 1893 pounds
Notwithstanding this tremendous pressure the expert divers
Of have succeeded in not only reaching depn OF
3O5 feet but in remaining at that depth for from Ve to
twenty minutes at time making examinations and
in regard sgnen vessel tnat made Its s%9Se S % %
submarine "a it will be remembered plunged TO the DOT
tom of the sea lust off the harbor of Honolulu March % 1915
Not only did the establish worlds record for deep
diving upon that OCCASION but the subsequent raising and re-
covery Of the "a the only instance in history where sunken
vessel was recovered from depth of 300 feet"
The writer thereupon gives brief sketch of the history Of
diving as from the time of Aristotle down to the pres
emit and after describing modern diving outfit and explaining
in some detail the of the divers being subjected to two
of the air inside the helmet and SUIT
and external pressure of the water continues follows:
1.-THE necessity having the within the diving
dress COMPENSATE water thus subenG the
diver directly propoOned to the depth to which he
desccnd the dangerous element depsea diving At depth
instance diver must be subjected to the pres
atmospher sixty pounds square inch IN order
compensate the external water Exposure to such
pressure is apt to be followed dangerous physiological effects
commonly known disease the symptoms of which In
cude pains in the muscles and joints commonly called bends
deafness embarrassed breathing vomiting fantng ETC. some
times resulting DEATH They do appear while the
being raised nor long it is continued but only after 1t has
been removed the accepted is that they due
to the rapid eervescence of the which absorbed IN the
fluids Experiment has proved
that when the pressure suddenly relieved the liberated
in bubbles within the body and that these do the harm Set free
in the spinal instance they partial paralysis
the heart lead oppage of the circulation 1t has been
found however, that the relieved gradually the bub
bes formed the out of solution slowly
got rid of the heart and lungs To prevent these effects
withdrawal of the air preSsurein other words the decom
presson-shoud Hence the divers ascent must be
aed accordingly and deeper he has been the slower
longer periods for decomposition was particularly
of decomposition that the experiments OF
the navy department in 1914 led TO improve methods
aiding the divers to descend feet below the surface Being
able safely and direct the work of rescue at such depth
and with modern lifting apparatus who that the
of ancient ancient of sunkep Spanish eon of hun
dreds wrecks Of merchant vessels and finally
u the magnificent vessels that have been sent to the
bottom during the present war, Is IN idle dreaml