Benthoscope

Benthoscope


Los Angeles, California (CA), US
Otis Barton's Benthoscope in front of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.

An early type of submersible was a bathysphere. Bathysphere means deep sphere. In the 1930s, William Beebe and Otis Barton designed a bathysphere and took it to a record depth for the time, 3,028 feet (922 meters).
Otis Barton's Benthoscope in front of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.

An early type of submersible was a bathysphere. Bathysphere means deep sphere. In the 1930s, William Beebe and Otis Barton designed a bathysphere and took it to a record depth for the time, 3,028 feet (922 meters).
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By: McMaster_de

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