
The Benthoscope was a deep sea submersible designed by Otis Barton after the Second World War. He hired the Watson-Stillman Company, who had earlier constructed his and William Beebe`s bathysphere to produce the new design of deep diving vessel, which was named from the Greek prefix -benthos or bottom. The Benthoscope was essentially similar to t....
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benthoscope A modified bathysphere (a strong steel diving sphere that can be lowered by cable to depths of 3 000 feet/900 meters).
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