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<p>THE <b>INDISPENSABLE HANDBOOK</b> FOR <b>EVERY DIVER</b> - PART ONE</p> <ul> <li><b>Book 1 of 2</b> (for book 2, search for ISBN 1790332613).</li> <li><b>Current, extensively overhauled edition: Revision 7, Change A (2018)</b>.</li> <li>Significantly <b>improved</b>, <b>clarified</b>, <b>corrected</b> and <b>optimized</b> from the previous edition.</li> <li>The <b>international standard technical diving reference</b>: <b>authoritative</b>, <b>proven procedures</b>.</li> <li><b>Created and trusted by the United States Navy</b>, used by <b>recreational</b>, <b>commercial</b> and <b>military divers</b> around the world.</li> <li>Contains Volumes 1 - <b>Diving Principles and Policies</b>, and 2 - <b>Air Diving Operations</b> (<b>SCUBA</b>, <b>surface-supplied</b>, and <b>nitrox</b>).</li> <li><b>Giant, full-size edition</b>: big 8.5"x11" format means <b>crisp</b>, <b>clear print and illustrations</b>. Looks <b>great</b> on any diver's bookshelf!</li> <li>"Batteries last hours, books last decades. <b>Get the print edition!</b>"</li> </ul> <p>Since the early 1900s the United States Navy has produced the <b>internationally-recognized bible for all recreational</b>, <b>commercial and military divers</b>.</p> <p>Now with the new <b>Revision 7 (Change A)</b> the Navy has created the <b>ultimate up-to-date reference book for the diver</b>, covering <b>every imaginable aspect of diving instruction and information</b> in nearly 1,000 pages total (presented in two books).</p> <p><b>Easy to read</b>, and <b>as accessible to the novice as it is to the expert</b>, the Diving Manual contains an <b>immense</b>, <b>detailed</b> and <b>deep body of knowledge</b> unavailable elsewhere.</p> <p>The Manual consists of <b>five volumes</b>, <b>spread over two books</b>:</p> <p><b>Book 1</b> contains:</p> <ul> <li><b>Volume 1 - Diving Principles and Policies</b> (205 pages, 50 illustrations). History of Diving - Underwater Physics - Underwater Physiology and Diving Disorders - Dive Systems