There was also an automatic arrangement of diaphragms, similar to those in telephone receivers, so that when the craft was running under water, and approached some obstacle, its presence would be made manifest in time to avoid it.
I understand navigation, though you have to go pretty much by dead reckoning when you’re under water.
Why, that old gentleman wasn’t down inside that hatch more than a quarter of a minute before the whole thing was under water.
At this era he conceived Ireland and England to have been united with each other and with France, but much of the area represented as land in the map, Figure 41, was supposed to be under water.
Put a few drops of scent on the bait, of the right kind, and be sure the trap is under water; handle bait and moss with sharp stick.
Place a trap on the log an inch or so under water.
It must be remembered that, before they began to emerge, the uppermost strata of the whole must have been deposited under water.
Joe was an adept at card tricks, and they would show off well under water, he thought.
And let me tell you, my friends, five seconds is a long time--under water.
Besides oars or paddles, necessary to move it under water, there is a contrivance for detaching the boat from the reservoir, either wholly or in part, according to circumstances.
It may remain in place above the parent rock, or may be transported and redeposited, either on land or under water, by the agencies of air, water, and ice.
These deposits may be formed under air or under water, and under various climatic and topographic conditions.
Soils formed by weathering may remain in place as residual soils, or they may be transported, sorted, and redeposited, either on land or under water.
That feeling will go off entirely when you're under water," said Baldwin.
Denayrouze, of Paris, for permitting me to go under water in one of their diving-dresses.
The flood is rising higher and higher; the whole city is under water.
I drew it out, and, to escape temptation, held it under water to prevent its going off.
The flood is still rising; the whole of St. Petersburg is under water.
Then he went the whole length of her, under water, starting at the stern and ending at the bow, where he brought the submarine to a rest in a smother of foam.
You can't see the end of the tube from inside the ship, and, even if we went to the surface it would still be under water.
Another excellent exercise is to place the ball fifteen or twenty feet from you and then swim after it under water, trying to get it without coming to the surface.
The speed of a torpedo like this, under water, is a good deal better than thirty miles an hour, but the distance the torpedo can go is naturally short.
Now, most of the signaling systems can be used only when the submarine is on the surface, and a couple of them can be used only when she is under water.
Thus, a fish is a submarine, and so is a boy while he is under water—though his clothes may be on the shore.
Wireless telegraphy cannot, however, be used when the submarine is under water, for water absorbs the electric waves in exactly the same way that it absorbs light waves.
A hollow mast was stepped into the deck to supply air to the crew when the submarine was under water, and it was also used to spread a little canvas on when the boat was running afloat and the wind was good.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "under water" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
