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The Diving-Bell

           

           "Youthink,Mr.Dick?"

           "Ithink,Tom,thatthewater,risinginsidetheant-hill,hascompressedtheairintheupperpart,andthatthisairnowmakesanobstacletopreventthewaterfromrisinghigher.Butifwepierceaholeinthewallbywhichtheairwouldescape,eitherthewaterwouldstillrisetillitreachedtheoutsidelevel,orifitpassedthehole,itwouldrisetothatpointwherethecompressedairwouldagainkeepitback.Wemustbeherelikeworkmeninadiving-bell."

           "Whatmustbedone?"askedTom.

           "Reflectwellbeforeacting,"repliedDickSand."Animprudencemightcostusourlives!"

           Theyoungnovice’sobservationwasverytrue.

           Incomparingtheconetoasubmergedbell,hewasright.Onlyinthatapparatustheairisconstantlyrenewedbymeansofpumps.Thediversbreathecomfortably,andtheysuffernootherinconveniencesthanthoseresultingfromaprolongedsojourninacompressedatmosphere,nolongeratanormalpressure.

           Buthere,besidethoseinconveniences,spacewasalreadyreducedathirdbytheinvasionofthewater.Astotheair,itwouldonlyberenewediftheyputitincommunicationwiththeouteratmospherebymeansofahole.

           Couldthey,withoutrunningthedangerspokenofbyDickSand,piercethathole?Wouldnotthesituationbeaggravatedbyit?

           Whatwascertainwas,thatthewaternowrestedatalevelwhichonlytwocausescouldmakeitexceed,namely:iftheypiercedahole,andtheleveloftherisingwaterswashigheroutside,oriftheheightofthisrisingwatershouldstillincrease.

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