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bathysphere

[bath-uh-sfeer] / ˈbæθ əˌsfɪər /
NOUN
diving bell
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The first bathysphere made its initial descent off an island in Bermuda on June 6, 1930, lowered into the Atlantic Ocean by a shipboard winch.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023

A broken cable would send the bathysphere plummeting into oblivion.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023

Hollister became invaluable as an experienced ichthyologist, and she made research descents in the bathysphere.

From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018

Gloria Hollister, William Beebe and John Tee-Van with the bathysphere in which they made descents into the waters off Bermuda.Credit:

From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018

The submarines were of steel as thick as Abbot's bathysphere.

From Astounding Stories, August, 1931 by Various


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