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Show Records in Deep-Sea Diving. Thnt deep diving Is a practical. procedure pro-cedure not accompanied by great danger dan-ger when tho propor precautions nro tnkon seems to have been demonstrated demon-strated by tests carried out by the navy department during the Tal. or 1914 off tho coast of New England, In these tests only such apparatus as Is supplied with tho diving outfits of all naval vessels wns used. About on hundred dives were made, and although al-though great depths woro reached, no mishaps or difficulties were experienced. experi-enced. Ono diver went to a depth of 2?-l feet, andjt Is believed by tho ofllV cors In-charge-thaUit depth of. 300 net or mora can bo reached without serious seri-ous -danger |