So the diver hoisted it up, and was much disappointed on opening it to find no pearls.
The diver has been over the south side of the reef, and saw nothin' but scrap iron.
Popple was occupied with an English-speaking representative of the Brest marine salvors, from whom he had hired a diver and a tug.
Like most of its kin, this Diver is seen to the best advantage in winter.
Chiefly a boreal species, especially during the breeding-season, the Red-throated Diver is only known to visit us during the winter.
Then a feeling akin to jealousy came over him, as he found the rope drawn out vigorously, and it seemed to him that the midshipman was a far better swimmer and diver than he.
In less time than it takes to tell the diver was above the surface, and in another second his helmet was unscrewed.
Sixteen fathoms is the greatest depth at which we can work with the old dress, you know," he said, "and even at that a diver can only last out three seasons.
The crew is composed of Malays and coolies, but the diver is always an intelligent Manilaman or Filipino, who receives a small commission on the results of his work.
That may be; but this dress is designed to give the diver a longer lease of life, and also to enable him to stand a good two or three fathoms more pressure.
In working, the diver is lowered over the gunwale by means of a winch, or in some cases dropped over unceremoniously by two of the Malay crew, and another two pump air down to him.
The diver was almost entirely helpless in his moving prison; he was unable to remain under water more than a few hours a day, and came out dripping with perspiration and trembling as if he had the ague.
Search was made, and presently a diver came up with a solid bar of silver in his arms.
He had a skilful diver go down every now and then and place a fish on his hook.
Again the mysterious diver halted and, turning alternately to his right and left, contemplated the two points of attack.
An enormous swordfish, its bulk intensified by the magnifying effect of the water, had charged the unfortunate diver from behind and had impaled him on the long, sharp, horny spike that projected from its head.
The body of the dead diver had been removed from where it had been lying close to the entry port, and had been placed in a compartment out of the sight of the captives as they were being brought on board.
The unknown diver had, perforce, to follow, and since his speed was less than that of the men equipped with the Restronguet apparatus, he could not hope to overtake the Irishman.
By this means the unknown diver could be capsized, made a prisoner and be taken to the airship.
Up came the corpse of the unknown diver transfixed by the pointed weapon of the swordfish.
Securing the knife that had fallen from the grasp of the slain diver he plunged the blade deeply--not once but many times--into the carcass of the swordfish.
The two men tramped slowly back in the direction of the airship till they came in sight of the corpse of the unfortunate diver and the body of the dead swordfish.
The provisions and other portable supplies would be packed in metal cylinders capable of keeping out the water at any depth in which a diver could work safely.
Finally one of the men became so hysterical that it was necessary for the diver to take up a hammer and tap him on the head with it and threaten to brain him unless he became quiet and did as he was told.
This compartment is well lighted, is fitted with seats, and provides every reasonable convenience for the diver during this intermediate stage.
The suit of a diver weighs over two hundred pounds, and when inflated the bulk is considerable.
As I looked back through the lookout window in the air-lock door I saw that the diver had taken off his helmet and was smoking his pipe--this being the first thing a diveralways wants to do when coming out of the water.
This diver related to me an incident that nearly caused them to lose their lives.
Having reached the bottom, the diving door is opened and a diver passes out and makes the necessary connections between that junction box and the instruments in the boat.
A diver was sent down to investigate, and he reported that there was some metal object buried in the mud which looked like a steam boiler.
One day, when down on the bottom repeating this experiment, the diver came back into the diving compartment and said that he wanted the Argonaut moved ahead about twenty feet.
Ay so the pinks And mountain grass marked on a sharp sea-cliff While far below the northern diver feeds; She having ended settling while she sits, As vessels water-logged that sink at sea And quietly into the deep go down.
E'en so the diver carrieth down a stone In hand, lest he float up before he would, And end his walk upon the rich sea-floor, Those pearls he failed to grasp never to look on more.
The diver whose turn it is takes his seat on the deck of the vessel, at either the bow or stern, and placing by his side a large flat slab of marble, weighing about 25 lbs.
At this, Divercame forth from behind my coat to see what was going on.
At the end of my outing Diver became the pet of two pioneer children on the bank of the Snake River.
My experience with Diver and other beaver pets leads me to believe that beaver are easily domesticated.
Might I inquire," the professor asked, slowly, "what a diver would do?
I suppose you assumed we had a diver on board, and--until three days ago--we did have.
His career as a pearl-shell diver has been illuminated by the discovery of pearls--big and precious.
Under conditions and circumstances all in favour, the diver relies upon an inevitable infirmity on the part of the oyster for the revelation of its whereabouts.
Defn: The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.
Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water.
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IN A COPY OF OMAR KHAYYÁM These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon; The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.
At last a small duck of the diver family, thinking there was something wrong, opened one eye and saw what Manabozho was doing.
Schoolcraft Why theDiver Duck Has So Few Tail Feathers H.
Ah, my brave diver and shark slayer, are you there?
Dutch shook the old diver roughly, and he started up muttering, while, as the former turned up the lamp, he started with surprise.
By eight o'clock in the morning Mr Parkley and Dutch came off to announce that they had discovered through 'Pollo that when he saw Tolly and the other diver they were on their way to the station, and had taken tickets for London.
It was like murder for him to cut that there chube when the best diver in England was down; and now we'll see how he likes it.
Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake By George Manville Fenn Published by Cassell and Company Limited, London.
He shuddered at the sight, and thought of the helplessness of any diver if one of these monsters attacked him.
I've been a diver this forty year a'most, and I've never had such diving as this afore.
However, if the diver escaped both these perils, he proceeded as fast as possible to scrape off the shells with his knife and to put them into his basket.
From three to five minutes is the limit assigned by more cautious writers, and probably even this is an over estimate, as two minutes is now considered a long time for a good diver to remain under water without a diving bell.
But the shark is ever a coward, and no match for an expert diver with a knife; and accidents rarely occur.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "diver" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
