Caves and cave diving / by Guy de Lavaur, President of the Speleo-Club of Paris, General Secretary of the National Committee of Speleology ; translated by Edmund J. Mason from the French "Toute la spéléologie."

Author:: Lavaur, Guy de, 1903-1986
Uniform Title:: Toute la spéléologie. English
Published:: London : Robert Hale Limited, 1956.
Physical Description:: 175 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Additional Creators:: Mason, Edmund J.

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Contents:

Potholes and underground rivers. The birth of a vocation ; Pothole exploring ; Exploring underground rivers ; Equipment for underground exploration -- Sumps and Vauclusian springs. Exploration ; Aspects of underground diving ; The possibilities of self-contained diving equipment -- The evolution of speleology. The development of techniques and rising standards of cave exploration ; The uses of underground exploration.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-163) and index.

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