Dive!: The Story of Breathing Underwater

This history traces human attempts to breathe and travel beneath the water’s surface. It begins with ancient Greek sponge divers and their use of stones and hollow reeds, then follows the development of diving bells and improved air flow. Later chapters cover compressed air, decompression sickness, helmetlike systems, rebreathers, the bathysphere, the aqua-lung, and small submersibles used to explore deep surfaces and shipwrecks. The book connects changing technology with efforts to reach greater depths.