bathyscaphe

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Auguste Piccard's great bathyscaphe, the Trieste, made several descents in the Atlantic Ocean, but its greatest moment came after it was acquired and redesigned by the U.S. Navy.

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  1. noun A free-diving deep-sea vessel consisting of a large flotation hull with a crewed observation capsule attached to its underside, usually capable of reaching full ocean depths.

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  • I did wonder, though, what kind of bathyscaphe could be buried in the Mojave I used the facilities quickly, trying to wash off the grit of a transatlantic flight and to wake myself up. —  Asimov'sSF,August2006
  • In 1960 Jacques Piccard reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, 6.78 miles down, in the bathyscaphe Trieste. —  TreeHugger
  • Jacques Piccard helped his father invent the bathyscaphe, a vessel that allows humans to descend to great depths. —  The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public
  • Jacques Piccard (right) pictured with Don Walsh, pictured inside the bathyscaphe Trieste at the bottom of the —  UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World
  • Piccard helped his father, the famous physicist Auguste Piccard, invent the bathyscaphe, a vessel which allows humans to descend to great depths. —  Macleans.ca
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