History: diving physical laws, principles, and equations

[Gene_Hobbs]

We added this paper today and I thought some folks here would be interested:

Acott, C. The diving "Law-ers": A brief resume of their lives. SPUMS 1999 Volume 29 Number 1. RRR ID: 5990

Originally Posted by Acott

This paper is a brief outline of the lives of the originators of the physical laws of diving (Archimedes and Pascal’s Principles; Poiseuille and Laplace’s equations; the Laws of Boyle, Henry and Dalton).

[A. Berk]

Originally Posted by Gene_Hobbs

We added this paper today and I thought some folks here would be interested:

Acott, C. The diving "Law-ers": A brief resume of their lives. SPUMS 1999 Volume 29 Number 1. RRR ID: 5990

Thanks Gene, you always post sh1t that interests me - you're 'greened' . Where would we be without those brilliant, enquiring minds? Saw a name there that hasn't crossed my non-brilliant mind in years - Bert... Paul wasn't it, of 'The Paul Bert Effect' fame?

Berko

[Gene_Hobbs]

Originally Posted by A. Berk

Thanks Gene, you always post sh1t that interests me - you're 'greened' . Where would we be without those brilliant, enquiring minds? Saw a name there that hasn't crossed my non-brilliant mind in years - Bert... Paul wasn't it, of 'The Paul Bert Effect' fame?

Berko

Glad I'm not the only nerd around... It was Paul Bert. The SPUMS Journal has a ton of fun history in it. You might also enjoy this one...

Acott, C. JS Haldane, JBS Haldane, L Hill, and A Siebe: A brief resume of their lives. SPUMS 1999 Volume 29 Number 3. RRR ID: 6016

[Garf]

Good article, there's some more information on Bert here Dive-Tech: Decompression theory - Paul Bert and John Scott Haldane for anyone interested in this sort of stuff.

G