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  • Thumbnail for Buoyancy
    wear a buoyancy compensator, which is a variable volume buoyancy bag which is inflated to increase buoyancy and deflated to decrease buoyancy. The desired...
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    of the bag's buoyancy. The heavy object can either be moved horizontally underwater by the diver or sent unaccompanied to the surface. Lift bag appropriate...
    26 KB (3,410 words) - 01:52, 24 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus
    rubber breathing/buoyancy bag, which contains a canister of barium hydroxide to scrub exhaled CO2 and, in a pocket at the lower end of the bag, a steel pressure...
    7 KB (776 words) - 07:24, 20 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Buoyancy compensator (diving)
    A buoyancy compensator (BC), also called a buoyancy control device (BCD), stabilizer, stabilisor, stab jacket, wing or adjustable buoyancy life jacket...
    82 KB (11,766 words) - 13:42, 5 June 2024
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    Rebreather (redirect from Breathing bag)
    rubber breathing/buoyancy bag containing a canister of barium hydroxide to scrub exhaled CO2 and, in a pocket at the lower end of the bag, a steel pressure...
    83 KB (8,517 words) - 12:35, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutral buoyancy
    Neutral buoyancy occurs when an object's average density is equal to the density of the fluid in which it is immersed, resulting in the buoyant force balancing...
    6 KB (780 words) - 05:15, 4 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scuba diving
    usually to increase the buoyancy of a lifting device such as a buoyancy compensator, inflatable surface marker buoy or small lifting bag. The breathing gas...
    156 KB (17,192 words) - 13:55, 17 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Teignmouth Electron
    the Roaring Forties and Cape Horn, had plans to install a buoyancy bag on the mainmast. This bag would inflate when the main computer on board sensed the...
    29 KB (4,147 words) - 17:21, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Donald Crowhurst
    Crowhurst had planned to add an inflatable buoyancy bag on the top of the mast to prevent capsizing; the bag would be activated by water sensors on the...
    58 KB (7,520 words) - 13:01, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Buoyancy aid
    inside of the buoyancy aid, or a label on the bag/box. Most companies give the specifications for each of their models on all of their buoyancy aids, to simplify...
    11 KB (1,682 words) - 12:57, 10 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
    The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) is an astronaut training facility and neutral buoyancy pool operated by NASA and located at the Sonny Carter Training...
    6 KB (561 words) - 22:22, 15 December 2023
  • Gasbag (redirect from Gas bag)
    envelope". Gas bladder, contributes to the ability of a fish to control its buoyancy Gasbags, 1941 British comedy film This disambiguation page lists articles...
    319 bytes (81 words) - 16:13, 19 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Glossary of underwater diving terminology: A–C
    clothing, aids to vision, communication, propulsion, maneuverability, buoyancy and safety equipment, and tools for the task at hand. Many of the terms...
    92 KB (9,476 words) - 06:59, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of underwater diving
    breathing bag. Opening the cylinder's valve admitted oxygen to the bag at ambient pressure. The rig also included an emergency buoyancy bag on the front...
    118 KB (13,199 words) - 00:41, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rebreather diving
    breathing bag. Opening the cylinder's valve admitted oxygen to the bag at ambient pressure. The rig also included an emergency buoyancy bag on its front...
    171 KB (23,052 words) - 15:29, 6 June 2024
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    breathing bag. Opening the cylinder's valve admitted oxygen to the bag at ambient pressure. The rig also included an emergency buoyancy bag on its front...
    150 KB (16,356 words) - 02:08, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Glossary of underwater diving terminology: D–G
    release excess gas from a dry suit, buoyancy compensator, rebreather, or lift bag. Usually manually operated in buoyancy compensators and lift bags, and automatic...
    88 KB (9,076 words) - 07:08, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Diving equipment
    consisting of a robust and air-tight bag with straps, which is used to lift heavy objects underwater by means of the bag's buoyancy when filled with air. A shot...
    56 KB (6,050 words) - 15:18, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neutral buoyancy pool
    A neutral buoyancy pool or neutral buoyancy tank is a pool of water in which neutral buoyancy is used to train astronauts for extravehicular activity...
    16 KB (1,794 words) - 03:21, 26 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Aerostat
    (which could be heated air or any gas of lower density than air) to provide buoyancy, to which other components such as a gondola containing equipment or people...
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