10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE BENDS»
Discover the use of
the bends in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the bends and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Bends: Compressed Air in
the History of Science, Diving, ...
This book is a wide-ranging history of the wonders compressed air brought about and the suffering its unknown hazards inflicted.
Darren Smith. died, after the frail girl had given up her life, I was left totally alone. I
'd spent years on the road by myself when my company was all I wanted but after
a rich and full relationship I couldn't go back, the hollowness of a solitary life ...
3
Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment
The bends may also occur during rapid ascent in aircraft (balloons or airplanes)
with nonpressurized cabins; in these cases the danger of bends occurs when the
pressure is reduced to about 0.5 atm (above 6000 m). In soda water the ...
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, 1997
4
Bends Explained: How to Plan a Safe Dive
... has less nitrogen. However, the depth at which FiO2 = 1.6 is reached is 5ATA
or four times 33 (132 fsw). Fsw ATA Twitching, irritability, irresponsibility are the
early signs of 15. CHAPTER. 5. Causes of the Bends, From Common to Unusual.
5
The Transportation of Débris by Running Water
Above and below the bends were straight reaches of the same width. All the
experiments were made with de'bris of grade (C) and with a discharge of 0.363 ft.
s/sec. The loads were measured. In some experiments the head lost in the region
of ...
Grove Karl Gilbert, Edward Charles Murphy, 1914
Above and below the bends were straight reaches of the same width. All the
experiments were made with debris of grade (C) and with a discharge of 0.363 ft.
3/sec. The loads were measured. In some experiments the head lost in the region
of ...
7
Flow of water through 6-inch pipe
bends
The variations in pressure along the inner and outer sides of the bends, at the
horizontal diameter, are shown for representative velocities in figures 64 to 81.
So far as practicable these graphs show pressures for tests other than those
shown ...
David Leroy Yarnell, 1937
8
Life at
the Extremes:
The Science of Survival
Holiday-makers unfamiliar with the problems of decompression may suffer from
the bends if they spend their morning scuba-diving and then catch a plane home
in the afternoon. Military pilots flying unpressurized aircraft may even get the ...
Frances M. Ashcroft, 2002
Outside the tunnel, he dies of "the bends," one of the names given to all
compressed-air diseases. The bends come from working in compressed air
where the sandhog takes a great amount of nitrogen into his blood. If the nitrogen
is ...
10
Biology Problem Solver
PROBLEM 16-15 Sea divers are aware of a danger known as the "bends".
Explain the physiological mechanism of the bends. Solution: In addition to
hypoxia (lack of oxygen at the tissue leve1), decompression sickness may result
from a rapid ...
Research & Education Association Editors, Research and Education Association, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE BENDS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the bends is used in the context of the following news items.
Melanie Stoddart died after doctors failed to see she had the bends
A British tourist struck down by 'the bends' on a scuba diving trip in the Maldives died after it took nine hours to get her to a decompression chamber. An inquest ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
British tourist struck down with the 'bends' dies on Maldives diving …
A British holidaymaker died after being struck down with 'the bends' on a scuba diving trip in the Maldives. Melanie Stoddart, 38, died of decompression ... «AOL Travel UK, Mar 15»
"Where Do We Go from Here?" 'The Bends' of the 20th Century and …
The Bends is the 20th century's identity emerging under pressure, forced to search bleakly for some form of cohesion among an increasingly artificial and ... «PopMatters, Mar 15»
Uncool Britannia: Radiohead's 'The Bends' vs. Britpop in a Battle for …
The Bends, on the other hand, was dedicated in the liner notes to the memory of the acerbic and righteous American political comic Bill Hicks, a man who once ... «PopMatters, Mar 15»
Radiohead's The Bends Turns 20
From its first defiant line, “Where do we go from here?”, Radiohead's landmark releaseThe Bends is a polished bottling of the quintet's napalm, teething through ... «Consequence of Sound, Mar 15»
Sonic Bloom: The Lackluster Reception Turned Lasting Reputation …
No matter how many times someone writes that Radiohead and The Bends “changed the face of music” in 1995, the retail and radio numbers tell a different story ... «PopMatters, Mar 15»
Between the Grooves of Radiohead's 'The Bends'
PopMatters begins its look back at Radiohead's The Bends today. Here we examine The Bends track by track, examining it from angles spanning the cultural to ... «PopMatters, Mar 15»
Around the bends in the Balkans
The road is a series of about 30 hairpin bends up the mountain side at the head of the bay. Reports vary on exactly how many - this may be because by the time ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
Rosamund Pike, Joel Kinnaman to Star in Diving Adventure 'The …
Directing The Bends is Jean Luc Herbulot, best known for the action-drama Dealer. The screenplay was written by Oliver Leo, who is making his feature film ... «STACK News, Feb 15»
Rosamund Pike and Joel Kinnaman Team Up for 'The Bends'
Fresh off of her Gone Girl success, Rosamund Pike joins Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) as the leads in the upcoming movie The Bends. The movie features deep ... «mxdwn.com, Jan 15»
