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Deep Diving and Submarine Operations; a 
manual for deep sea divers and compressed 
air workers, Robert Henry Davis. 6th ed. 
London, Siebe, Gorman, 1955. 693 p. On 
the history and techniques of deep diving. 
Diving Manual, U. S. Department of the Navy. 
Washington, G.P.0., 1960. 56 p. How the 
Navy does it. Sold by the Government Print- 
ing Office for $).25. 
Marine Salvage Operations, Edward Michael 
Brady. Cambridge, Maryland, Cornell Maritime 
Press, 1960. 237 p. $8.50. 
Down to the Ships in the Sea, Harry Grossett. 
New York, Lippincott, 1954. 256 p. Fine 
life of a veteran helmet diver. Other 
writers on salvage include Edward Ellsberg 
and David Masters. 
Deep Down Under, John Joseph Floherty. 
Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1953. 16 p. 
#3.75. A career book, for boys 12 to 15, 
on the engineering and salvage accomplish- 
ments of professional divers. 
D. Skin and Scuba Diving. 
Basic Scuba, self-contained underwater 
breathing apparatus, Fred M. Roberts. 
Princeton, New Jersey, Van Nostrand, 1960. 
386 p. $8.50. This and the next title 
are good basic books, stressing equipment, 
physiology, swimming, and safety. 
The New Science of Skin and Scuba Diving. . . 
by the Conference for National Co-operation 
in Aquatics. Rev.ed. New York, Association 
Press, 1962. 208 p. $2.95. 
The Skin Diver; a complete guide to the 
underwater world, Elgin Ciampi. New York, 
Roland Press, 1960. 315 p. $6.00. Fine. 
This and the next three titles are broader 
in scope than the two listed above, if less 
detailed, and include information on under- 
water activities, such as spearfishing, 
photography, and wreck exploration. Many 
similar but not always satisfactory books 
are not listed here. 
130 Feet Down; handbook for hydronauts, 
Hank and Shaney Frey. New York, Harcourt, 
1961. 27h p. $6.50. 
Underwater Diving Manual; the British Sub- 
Aqua Club official instructions on under- 
water swimming techniques, George F. Brookes 
and A. V. Broadhurst. Newton Center, Mass. 
Charles T. Branford, 1961. 239 p. $5.00. 
Our World Underwater, William M. Stephens. 
New York, Lantern Press, 1962. 252 p. $.95. 
NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
A History of Self-contained Diving and Under- 
water Swimming, Howard E. Larson. Prep. for 
the Office of Naval Research under the 
auspices of the Committee on Undersea War- 
fare. Washington. 1959. 50 p. (National 
Academy of Sciences-National Research 
Council. Publ. no. 469). $1.50. 
Skin Diver's and Spearfisherman's Guide to 
American Waters. . Hilbert Van Nydeck 
Schenck. Cambridge, Maryland, Cornell 
Maritime Press, 1955. 55 p. $1.75. 
on locations. 
Strong 
The Silent World, Jacques-Yves Cousteau. 
New York, Harper, 1953. 266 p. $5.00. 
This and the next three books deal with the 
pioneering work of the French skin divers 
Cousteau, Huout, and Tailliez; lack of space 
prevents the listing of many more titles on 
skin diving and pearl fishing. 
The Living Sea, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and 
James Dugan. New York, Harper, 1963. $5.95. 
In press. Sequel to The Silent World, 
describing Cousteau's adventures since 1951. 
Undersea Explorer; the story of Captain 
Cousteau, James Dugan. New York, Harper, 
1957. 143 p. $2.95. For ages 10 to 15. 
To Hidden Depths, Philippe Tailliez. New 
York, Dutton, 1954. 188 p. 
Lady with a Spear, Eugenie Clark. New York, 
Harper, 1953. 243 p. $h.50. Fine and 
informative; the exploits of a lady marine 
biologist. 
Fish Men Explore a New World Underseas, 
Jacques-Yves Cousteau. (National Geographic 
Magazine, vol. 102, no.4. Oct. 1952. 
pp.431-72). 
Diving Saucer Takes to the Deep, Jacques- 
Yves Cousteau. (National Geographic 
Magazine, vol. 117, no.4, April 1960, 
pp.570-86). About a midget 2-man submarine 
for underwater exploration. 
Diving for Science, Lynn Poole. New York, 
Whittlesey, 1955. 160 p. $2.75. On the 
techniques and especially the scientific 
uses of skin diving, in fisheries investiga- 
tion, the search for minerals, cave study, 
and underwater photography, for ages 10 to 
14. 
Underwater Work; a manual of scuba commercial, 
salvage and construction operations, John 
E. Cayford. Cambridge, Maryland, Cornell 
Maritime Press, 1959. 217 p. $5.00. Scuba, 
not helmet and hose. 
