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Tom, an expert skin diver, had never before felt such a sense of ease and freedom under water.

From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Brey, Charles

A vacationing skin diver would know that a snorkel is nothing but a tube that allows a swimmer to float face down on the surface of the water while looking for something to dive after.

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

Using Mel Flagler as a subject, Tom also tape-recorded the sound of a skin diver propelled through the water by ion drive.

From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Brey, Charles

"What's needed is a new type of breathing device—one that will eliminate bulky air tanks and permit a skin diver to stay down for long periods."

From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Brey, Charles

It would enable a skin diver to operate indefinitely under water at jet-propelled speed—invisible to enemy "eyes," yet be able to spy out any hostile undersea prowlers, including supposedly "undetectable" submarines!

From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Brey, Charles