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The Navy Diving Manual - Revision 7 - Book 1
Created and Trusted by the US Navy
Benefit from decades of hard-won experience diving in the most challenging environments around the world - learn from the best!
Complete and Unabridged
550+ pages of safe diving principles and air diving content (SCUBA, nitrox, and surface-supplied). Everything you need at your fingertips, no omissions. Complete and authoritative.
Full-Size 8.5" x 11" Format
Big desktop format means no more squinting at small images and text. Great for your library, classroom, or boat. Now with improved, clarified images!
The Navy Diving Manual - Revision 7 - Book 1
Full-Size Edition, Remastered Images, Book 1 of 2: Diving Principles & Policy, Air Diving Operations
Paperback Book
Carlile Military Library
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THE INDISPENSABLE HANDBOOK FOR EVERY DIVER - PART ONE
- Book 1 of 2 (for book 2, search for ISBN 1790332613).
- Current, extensively overhauled edition: Revision 7, Change A (2018).
- Significantly improved, clarified, corrected and optimized from the previous edition.
- The international standard technical diving reference: authoritative, proven procedures.
- Created and trusted by the United States Navy, used by recreational, commercial and military divers around the world.
- Contains Volumes 1 - Diving Principles and Policies, and 2 - Air Diving Operations (SCUBA, surface-supplied, and nitrox).
- Giant, full-size edition: big 8.5"x11" format means crisp, clear print and illustrations. Looks great on any diver's bookshelf!
- "Batteries last hours, books last decades. Get the print edition!"
Since the early 1900s the United States Navy has produced the internationally-recognized bible for all recreational, commercial and military divers.
Now with the new Revision 7 (Change A) the Navy has created the ultimate up-to-date reference book for the diver, covering every imaginable aspect of diving instruction and information in nearly 1,000 pages total (presented in two books).
Easy to read, and as accessible to the novice as it is to the expert, the Diving Manual contains an immense, detailed and deep body of knowledge unavailable elsewhere.
The Manual consists of five volumes, spread over two books:
Book 1 contains:
- Volume 1 - Diving Principles and Policies (205 pages, 50 illustrations). History of Diving - Underwater Physics - Underwater Physiology and Diving Disorders - Dive Systems - Dive Program Administration - Safe Diving Distances from Transmitting Sonar - References - Telephone Numbers - List of Acronyms.
- Volume 2 - Air Diving Operations (319 pages, 82 illustrations). Operational Planning and Risk Management - SCUBA Air Diving Operations - Surface Supplied Air Diving Operations - Nitrogen-Oxygen Diving Operations - Ice and Cold Water Diving Operations - Optional Shallow Water Diving Tables - U.S. Navy Dive Computer - Environmental and Operational Hazards - Guidance for U.S. Navy Diving on a Dynamic Positioning Vessel.
Additionally, the publisher has remastered and redrawn illustrations throughout the Manual for clarity and reading enjoyment, as well as adding icons to cautions and warnings for greater visibility.
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ISBN/SKU: 1790332605
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Reader's Guide
Q: Who is this book for?
A: This manual is ideal for recreational, commercial, scientific, public-safety, and military divers, as well as instructors, dive supervisors, technicians, and readers who want an authoritative technical reference on diving. Book 1 is particularly useful for anyone interested in diving principles, physiology, equipment, planning, and air-diving operations.
Q: What does Book 1 cover?
A: Book 1 contains Volumes 1 and 2 of the U.S. Navy Diving Manual. These cover diving principles and policies, underwater physics, underwater physiology and diving disorders, diving systems, program administration, operational planning and risk management, SCUBA air diving, surface-supplied air diving, nitrogen-oxygen operations, cold-water and ice diving, dive computers, and environmental and operational hazards.
Q: Is this mainly a military diving manual?
A: No. Although produced by the U.S. Navy, the Diving Manual has long been used as a technical reference far beyond the military. Its explanations of physics, physiology, equipment, decompression, operational planning, hazards, and safe diving practice are relevant to recreational, commercial, and professional divers as well.
Q: Is Book 1 suitable for a relatively new diver?
A: Yes. The manual contains highly technical material, but it begins with fundamental diving principles and explains the science and operational reasoning behind safe diving practice. A newer diver can use it to build a deeper understanding of subjects that shorter certification manuals may treat only briefly.
Q: What makes the Navy Diving Manual different from a normal recreational-diving handbook?
A: Its scope and depth are much greater. Rather than concentrating only on the skills needed for a particular certification level, it treats diving as a complete technical and operational discipline, covering everything from underwater physics and physiology to equipment, planning, risk management, specialized environments, and professional diving procedures.
Q: Does this book contain the entire Navy Diving Manual?
A: No. Revision 7 is divided between two books in this edition. Book 1 contains Volumes 1 and 2, covering diving principles and policies and air-diving operations. Book 2 contains Volumes 3 through 5, including mixed-gas surface-supplied diving, closed- and semiclosed-circuit operations, diving medicine, and recompression-chamber operations.
Q: What has been improved in this edition?
A: This edition presents Revision 7, Change A, and has been prepared for clearer modern print reproduction. Illustrations have been remastered and redrawn where appropriate, and warning and caution material has been given improved visual treatment to make the dense technical content easier to navigate.
Q: Why choose the full-size edition?
A: The manual contains hundreds of pages of technical text, tables, diagrams, and illustrations, so page size matters. This edition uses a full 8.5 × 11-inch format, giving the material substantially more room than a compact reproduction and making it better suited to serious study and repeated reference.
Q: Is this primarily a book to read cover to cover?
A: It can certainly be studied systematically, but its greatest long-term value is as a reference. Divers can return to individual sections on physiology, equipment, planning, hazards, operating procedures, or specialized environments whenever a particular question arises.
Publication Details & Specifications
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Series | Carlile Military Library |
| Book | Book 1 of 2 |
| Edition | Revision 7, Change A; full-size edition with remastered images |
| Print length | 576 pages |
| Dimensions | 8.5 × 1.3 × 11 inches |
| Item weight | 3.56 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | December 15, 2018 |
| ISBN-10 | 1790332605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1790332601 |
| Source | United States Navy |
| Volumes included | Volume 1: Diving Principles and Policies; Volume 2: Air Diving Operations |
| Diving principles coverage | History of diving, underwater physics, underwater physiology and diving disorders, diving systems, diving-program administration, safe distances from transmitting sonar, and reference information |
| Air-diving coverage | Operational planning and risk management, SCUBA air diving, surface-supplied air diving, nitrogen-oxygen diving, ice and cold-water diving, shallow-water diving tables, Navy dive computers, and environmental and operational hazards |
| Illustrations | Illustrations remastered and redrawn throughout for improved clarity |
| Safety presentation | Enhanced caution and warning callouts for greater visibility |
| Format advantage | Large 8.5 × 11 inch format designed for clear reading of technical procedures, diagrams, tables, and diving reference material |
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