1947 Breathing in Irrespirable Atmospheres and, in Some Cases, Also Underwater

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Illustrated throughout. A detailed study into the development of breathing apparatus for irrespirable atmospheres, including underwater. With a history of gas and incendiary warfare, the physiology of respiration, breathing at high altitudes, resuscitation, modern gas masks and other respiratory devices, and more. With accounts of some mine rescue and recovery operations. Written by Sir Robert Henry Davis, an English inventor and director of the Siebe Gorman company. His main invention was the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus, an oxygen rebreather that was destined to allow British submarine crews to escape when their ship started to sink. With a foreword by Sir Leonard Erskine Hill, a British physiologist. Dated from the British Library.